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29-JUN-2015 copyright Elizabeth Bickel

"Red" Moon: Actual Color 2015

The color comes from SMOKE in the atmosphere from the wild fires in Alaska.
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I know I should have taken the time to drag out the tripod and 600mm prime lens for this shot, but I was too lazy tonight. Instead, I went with handholding the Bridge Camera. I'm sure IQ would have been improved with better equipment. Still, in general, I'm surprised to get this good of quality by hand holding a fixed lens super zoom camera that only shoots JPG.
The P900 inspires one to be lazy.

Nikon COOLPIX P900
1/30s f/6.5 at 357.0mm iso1000 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Dave Berry29-Jan-2016 23:55
Great shot with the P900. Hand-holding is an adventure with that magnification, but how many cameras would even give you the opportunity? V
Laura Milholland01-Jul-2015 03:51
Looks great, Liz. You captured it so well.
Rosemary Woods01-Jul-2015 02:44
This so beautifully shot. Never seen a red moon before. Hard to believe it was not done with your pro camera.
Steve Fink30-Jun-2015 15:10
Excellent Liz!
Tom Briggs30-Jun-2015 14:43
Hand=held ... WOW ... great capture ... v
Breezanemom30-Jun-2015 11:42
Wow! What a great shot. I've never seen the moon that color! And such clarity!
Richard Treat30-Jun-2015 10:00
Amazing what the smoke did to the reflected light from the sun.
Chris Morton30-Jun-2015 06:47
a fine full moon; maybe the smoke is a good filter