The “Super” Snow Moon of February 19, 2019, rising in the northeast over a snowy prairie field and distant rangeland hills in southern Alberta. This is a blend of four exposures from 1/8 to 1 second, to retain detail and colour on the bright lunar disk while recording the darker foregound. Clouds prevented me from shooting the Moon closer to the horizon. The Moon began to rise above the horizon cloud bank only moments before I took this series. All with the 200mm Canon telephoto and 1.4x telextender for f/6.3 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 400. Blending with ADP Pro extension.
The almost full Moon, as a waxing 13-day gibbous Moon, setting in the northwest the day before the date of Full Moon for February, this being called a “Snow Moon” — it certainly is here! — and also being a supermoon — the closest Full Moon of 2019. This is a blend of 4 exposures from short to long to preserve details and colour on the disk of the Moon while bringing out the snowy field in the foreground. Shot from home on February 18, 2019 on a clear but very cold — -25° C — morning. With the Canon 6D MkII and Sigma 50mm lens.
