Easter Full Moon rising over Brisbane

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Hi all,

I headed up Mt Coot-tha this evening to capture the full Moon rising just after sunset. Using the camera on manual and my 70-200mm telephoto, I took a similar exposure every 3 minutes as the Moon rose through a layer of low haze, brightening as it went. These images were then stacked using Startrails to produce this image.

Happy Easter!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Deeno]

Very very nice!

Must go now 'cause I used to be a werewolf but......
I'm alright nowoooooh...........!

[iceman (Mike)]

Brilliant! love this!

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Ha ha, thanks Deeno!

Here's another one just as the Moon was clearing the horizon.

Cheers,
Stephen

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Brilliant! love this!

Thanks Mike! I'll have to try this again in about September, when the Moon rises over the CBD.

Cheers,
Stephen

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Just look at it rising out of that soup.
Great photos , I really like them.

[h0ughy (David)]

nice one - shows the moon from squashed to bouncing out

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Nice work again stephen.

keep it up.

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Nice !

That could be a winner in the current month photo challenge !

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Hi Stephen - this is cool - I really like the apparent size of the Moon vs. the homes in the foreground!

[Lester]

Very nice view Stephen, thanks.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Thanks very much JJJ, Houghy, Geoff, Allan, Matt and Lester! Much appreciated.

Cheers,
Stephen

[naskies (Dave)]

That's brilliant - almost looks like an eclipsed moon

If you don't mind me asking, how did you go about composing the photo before moonrise?

[Liz]

Superb Stephen!!

[von Tom (Tom)]

Excellent work Stephen, they look great.

Tom

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by naskies

That's brilliant - almost looks like an eclipsed moon

If you don't mind me asking, how did you go about composing the photo before moonrise?

Thanks very much Dave! Re your question about composition, I had to make an educated guess about the appropriate exposure settings for the brightened Moon at the top of the frame. I'd seen the haze on the horizon prior to Moonrise, so I knew it would brighten substantially. I was probably about 0.5 stops under the optimal exposure, but I shot in RAW format so I was able to correct the exposure on all images during processing.

Cheers,
Stephen

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Originally Posted by Liz

Superb Stephen!!

Originally Posted by von Tom

Excellent work Stephen, they look great.

Tom

Thanks very much Liz and Tom! Much appreciated.

Cheers,
Stephen