Supermoon rising...

Upon checking the weather forecast earlier in the day things looked encouraging, but by mid-morning the on-line weather sites - choose any one you like; they are all the same - had changed their initial predictions and things looked less encouraging.

I am talking about the chances of photographing the "supermoon" occurring this month, when our natural satellite makes a closer-than-usual pass to Earth. I have the idea of shooting it as it rises out of the sea against a local landmark - The Needles rocks on the western tip of the Isle of Wight - and plot my position carefully using TPA*.

But it wasn't to be. Although the skies began to clear during early evening - the forecasters got that right, bless them - it was about an hour too late by my reckoning, as there was still a bank of cloud on the horizon, obscuring the event. Although the intended effect was lost I waited around long enough to get some images of the moon rising over the cloud and into the night sky. The next opportunity will be August, next year.


300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14EII converter. 1/100 second at f/5.6. - 1 stop EV compensation. ISO 640. Tripod and remote release.



*The Photographers Ephemeris - free software that allows you to plot sun/moon rise and setting directions (as well as times), for anywhere on the planet.



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