Full moon behind Ashton Memorial.
After failing the night before for this shot due to cloud rolling in behind the Memorial I had another crack at it, this time conditions where perfect, the moon rose deep orange which made exposing for the image a tad easier, taken 3 miles away using a 600mm lens to compress the distance of the moon to the Memorial.
I had planned this image months ago using PhotoPills, firstly I drop a pin on the Memorial with the date set to the date of the full moon, I then follow the projection line back carefully looking for possible viewpoints, once found I then drop the pin here and work out how much I need to allow for from when the moon rises to the time it will be exactly behind the memorial, now luckily a possible viewpoint was Lunecliffe Hall, and luckily for me i knew someone who lives next door and I knew the Memorial was visible from his house, so in the week I asked for his permission to come up wander about on his land to fine tune it all and take the shot.
This was the result, I often have full moon shots lined up for each month but usually it’s cloudy! This one worked out ok
Image taken on
Nikon D850
Sigma 600mm lens
1/30s at F8
Kingjoy tripod
Image printed on Marrutt Production fine art paper using genuine inks
After failing the night before for this shot due to cloud rolling in behind the Memorial I had another crack at it, this time conditions where perfect, the moon rose deep orange which made exposing for the image a tad easier, taken 3 miles away using a 600mm lens to compress the distance of the moon to the Memorial.
I had planned this image months ago using PhotoPills, firstly I drop a pin on the Memorial with the date set to the date of the full moon, I then follow the projection line back carefully looking for possible viewpoints, once found I then drop the pin here and work out how much I need to allow for from when the moon rises to the time it will be exactly behind the memorial, now luckily a possible viewpoint was Lunecliffe Hall, and luckily for me i knew someone who lives next door and I knew the Memorial was visible from his house, so in the week I asked for his permission to come up wander about on his land to fine tune it all and take the shot.
This was the result, I often have full moon shots lined up for each month but usually it’s cloudy! This one worked out ok
Image taken on
Nikon D850
Sigma 600mm lens
1/30s at F8
Kingjoy tripod
Image printed on Marrutt Production fine art paper using genuine inks