Full-moon time again. Actually a day before the full moon with about 97.7% of the moon's illumination.

These moon shots take some planning ahead of time. Charts have to be consulted to find out date, times and direction that the moon rises. Then there is the work and chance of having both a Snowy and a moon at the same place at the same time.

To make things harder after all this planning and chance, you only have a couple of minutes to get your shoots before the moon is too high, and boy, does it rise fast! It doesn't always work, and you have to wait another year to try again :- )

And finally, because I use a 500mm lens, I can never hope to get both a close Snowy and the moon in focus. It's either one or the other because of small depth of field due to the long lens.




Cheers,

Mike