A bit of a battle to get it on camera, but I persevered.
I wanted to get the moon rising behind a mountain peak, and this did happen even with a strong wind trying its best to spoil my shots.
The main thing in my moon photography was that I could get the rising moon clear for a few minutes, and I was satisfied to achieve my efforts. Not as easy as other times, but it was enough for me. Throughout the year I missed most of the full moons, due to the sky being covered by dense clouds, and thankfully the clouds gave me a break on this night.
Now if you look at the sunset mountain below, I thought that the moon would appear from behind the peak at the right. But not to be, as the moon appeared behind the peak at the left of the picture.
Our information was that moonrise would start a few minutes after sunset, but that's on the horizon, and we had a big mountain range obscuring the horizon.
Yes, it did, as the sunset was done, but we had to calculate the time that moon would take to clear the mountain. So, we waited and about 35 minutes later the rising moon's lights lit up behind the mountain peak.
Very close to clearing the mountain peak.
And finally, there she was in her full glory.
Let me show you the battle.
The moon was up and I took a test shot with the wind whipping my ears around :)
Almost there on the zoom.
But then the moon was photo bombed by a cloud.
As there were more clouds on the way it was time to call it a day, and we went back home.
Just as the year has flown, so too have we noticed how quickly the earth has moved in relation to the sun, moon, and the stars. Like I mentioned above, we expected the moon to appear to the right of the picture of the mountain range, but it had moved so far over that we were surprised when it started to appear to our left. Life is racing along like a thoroughbred racehorse, and we all have to cling on for all that we are worth. The sun and the moon also seem to be in a greater hurry these days. But it is similar to all the countries across the world.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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