The nearly Full Moon of April 10, 2017 as seen from Australia, and embedded in fast-moving low cloud adding the colourful corona effect around the Moon from water-droplet diffraction. Being in the southern hemisphere, the Full Moon appears “upside-down” compared to a northern view. This is a 6-image blend of exposures from 1/2 second to 1/20-second to capture both the faint clouds and bright Moon. I blended them with luminosity masks (generated with ADP Panel+ Pro) rather than attempting an HDR stack which rarely works well for the Moon.
The nearly Full Moon of April 10, 2017 as seen from Australia, and embedded in fast-moving low cloud adding the colourful corona effect around the Moon from water-droplet diffraction. Being in the southern hemisphere, the Full Moon appears “upside-down” compared to a northern view. This is a 7-image blend of exposures from 1/2 second to 1/30-second to capture both the faint clouds and bright Moon. I blended them with luminosity masks (generated with ADP Panel+ Pro) rather than attempting an HDR stack which rarely works well for the Moon.
A 220° panorama from northwest to southeast, but looking north at centre, to depict the scene at sunset of the waxing 8-day gibbous Moon in the northern sky as seen from the southern hemisphere. The angle between the Sun and Moon is just over 90°, shown here by the angle between the right-angle arms of the wharf, to the west at left, to the north at centre, and to the east at right. The Sun has set just north of west (this was April 4, 2017, so after equinox), while the Moon sits 13° east of due north. The Earth’s shadow rises as the blue arc at far right to the east opposite the Sun. The sky is darker toward the Moon, at 90° from the Sun, due to natural sky polarization. I shot this to serve as a demonstration of the geometry of the Sun and Moon angle and phase, and showing the location of the waxing Moon in the southern hemisphere sky. This is a stitch of 16 segments with a 35mm lens in portrait orientation, with the Canon 6D. Stitched with Adobe Camera Raw. The original is 23,800 x 4,900 pixels.
