Lunar Eclipse and Wolf Moon

I am sure there will be plenty of images of tonight's spectacular full moon. It coincided with a  penumbral lunar eclipse, which happens when the sun, moon and earth are perfectly aligned. The Earth's outer shadow fell on the moon and made it look a bit darker than normal. The January full moon is called a Wolf moon. 

Edinburgh 1. Christmas Market

I am in Edinburgh prior to lecturing to the Photographic Society on Wednesday evening  and today spent the afternoon photographing the enormous Chrismas Market in Princes Gardens. The last image is looking towards Waverley Station as the moon rose.

Minus 30 degrees and Falling in Sweden

This morning we flew from Stockholm to Lulea and then drove north to Jokkmokk stopping just as the sun dropped below the horizon by some water rapids. Definite blue hour with a very obliging moon.

Lancaster Evening - 2. Reenactors Set the Scene

 Certainly a challenge to capture what I wanted with so many other photographers as the lighting position was rarely ideal for anyone - I was hoping for a lower angle to get better shadows etc. The actors who came along to the evening were amazing in their ability to keep still for up to 30 seconds.

 

Avro Lancaster NX611- Moonlight and Floodlights

Phil and I went to East Kirkby Airfield on Friday to photograph the Lancaster that they are rennovating (his birthday treat!). We were fortunate with a full moon and clear night so lots of atmospheric shots lit only by moonlight until they turned the floodlights on for the staged scenarios with reenactors (to follow). The fourth shot is lit by an air ambulance that visited the airfield and joined the fun by lighting the plane from above. Last shot a low angle sunset shot that I also like.

 

Supermoon Views at Mablethorpe

When I realised we would be at the seaside for the Supermoon on November 13/14th, I wondered what I could get in the foreground to give an idea of scale. Difficult as nothing is far enough away to get in focus with the moon but here some attempts as the moon rose on November 13th evening, changing from red to white as it rose higher.

 Monday was cloudy but I managed to catch the moon setting on Tuesday morning and again looked for things to give scale. Using 560mm lens equivalent allowed an idea of the size of this supermoon - the largest and brightest since 1948 apparently.

Moonrise over Cambridgeshire

I had noted in my diary that the full moon was rising at 8.30 last night just as the sun was setting so went up the drift by our house to view the event. At first it was only a hazy globe on the horizon but as the sun set and the light levels dropped it became clearer.