On June 23, the moon will be at its closest distance to Earth for 2013 while in its full phase. As a result, it will appear 8 percent larger and 17 percent brighter than usual—an event widely known as a supermoon. This supermoon will be coming on the heels of the June solstice, which takes place only two days before. For photo hounds, the most picturesque moments will occur twice: first, in the minutes after local sunset on Saturday, and then before sunrise on Sunday morning as the full moon rises or sets at the local horizon. Shoot from a mountainside, hillside, or a roof so that the horizon will be pleasing. With a little planning, a distant landmark can add to the scene, possibly silhouetted by the moon. In order to make the moon large enough to look interesting, you can use a telephoto lens ranging between 100mm and 2000mm, depending on how you want the picture to look. By choosing a foreground carefully, the composition can be interesting for a wide choice of lenses. (courtesy, National Geographic) I'm going to get my telescope out, will you be moon-gazing?
oh man I saw the moon over the sea last night when I went to visit my Mum in hospital! I looked GORGEOUS and I am really looking forward to seeing it tonight at it best! Its a pity we live in a capital city as I am sure it would look amazing in the country without all the lights spoiling the brilliance.........its still going to be great though!
am in the Country too, Anne, so the view should be spectacular, but they are calling for evening thunderstorms, am crossing my fingers tho am glad you got to see it, Amanda, drag hubs out of town tomorrow night for a better view hopefully, you won't have cloud-cover tomorrow night, Dalis
I managed to see it tonight Deb in between cloud cover and it was gorgeous ... its times like this that i wish I had a super special swanky camera!
christmas wish list gf, put a post-it on the fridge today, so hubs can save from now til december *wink*
I totally forgot! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Maybe I will think of it today and have a little smaller moon shot!
oh Mirjam, definitely have a look again tonight the weather forecast isn't cooperating here either, Heather, but I've gotten my telescope out in the hopes that I can see it early, as it rises
I want to try for a shot tonight but am afraid that the cloud cover is going to be too dense. Fingers crossed. I've never tried for a moon shot before.
I was able to take a few pictures, but after it was already up in the sky a bit. It rises on the wrong coast for the picture I'd really love... coming up over Lake Michigan. I could have of course gotten it setting over the lake, but I was still sleeping... zzzzzzzzzzzz!
I had almost forgot about this after I wrote down the time. I ended up getting a few photos around 11pm Saturday night..right before the clouds covered it. I thought about getting up early too, but I already knew that was not happening!
ohh I fogot about this...but I guess I wouldn't be able to see it as the weather here is so miserable (no surprise there)
