The rising Full Moon of April 22, 2016, an apogee Moon and the smallest and most distant Full Moon of 2016. Here., it rises over the Pacific from the east coast of New South Wales, Australia, so this is an austral Moon and appears “upside down” compared to northern hemisphere views. The effect of the glitter path on the ocean is from waves reflecting the light of the Moon. This is a two-exposure composite: a long exposure for the sky and ocean, and a short exposure for the disk of the Moon itself, to preserve some detail in the disk, specifically the mare areas to show the face of the Moon and not an overexposed white disk. Both with the 135mm telephoto and Canon 6D, from Woolgoolga, NSW.
The apogee Full Moon of April 22, 2016 rising over the Pacific Ocean and lighting the waters with a golden glitter path of reflected moonlight. I shot this from the Woolgoolga Headlands viewpoint, with the 135mm telephoto and Canon 6D. This is a high dynamic range stack of 5 exposures to comrpess the range in brightness. Even so, the Moon itself is still overexposed.
