A nomenclature of 'Blue Moon' almost never means a Moon of a blue color but with the summer nights, a literally blue appearing Moon, or Moon in the daytime is a fun one to spot. The northern hemisphere was showing off a bit before sunset, and with the May 23 full Moon so close I couldn't resist a few pictures. Happy lunar viewing! #astronomy#Astrodon#moonlight#lunar#bluesky#bluemoon
Few remember the National Geographic speculative evolution mini-series "Extraterrestrial – Alien Worlds". Even less remember that it had an official companion book. I'm glad I managed to get my hands on a copy a while ago. It was sold at a temporary exhibit themed after the tv program at the Science Museum London back in 2005.
That was one idle and restful Friday…
I’ve slept at least 12 hours all together since yesterday, read a bit, did an old crossword and simply enjoyed. Tonight I just might see that #bluemoon. First night it’s actually clear…
Seems most of the rain decided to come yesterday. There was only a tiny shower this morning….
Going back through about 5000 images I took the other night as the moon rose over the southern ocean. Found this one which i quite like, #moonrise#moon#supermoon#bluemoon#NewZealand
I've found something else I'm no good at photographing: the moon.
The 1st image shows some details of the moon. Everything else is underexposed and utterly dark.
f4.8
ISO 800
1/2000 second
200mm
The 2nd image shows improved exposure around the moon, with some surrounding detail. But the moon is so overexposed, it looks like the sun.
f4.8
ISO 800
1/5 second
200mm
How do you get the best of both worlds without combining images, or manipulating things with an editor?