1611_0668 Supermoon Over Saskatchewan
It really was impressive, hanging over the great, expansive prairie. Common advice online is to juxtapose a supermoon against some recognizable object, icon, or landmark, to show how large it really appears. Well... that might not be practical when for miles and miles in all directions there's essentially nothing. Meanwhile, size of the moon in any photo is dependent on focal length of the lens and how much cropping the photographer can get away with.
I never worry about scale, anyway. Every full moon is a thing of beauty. I probably should have been shooting video, because as the moon rose, a chorus of coyotes wafted to me on the evening air, not far away, and moments later a mule deer doe and buck walked across the field I was standing in, very close, basically ignoring me. To be ignored by deer and serenaded by coyotes under a rising full moon is a very special experience. You might even call it super.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2016 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1611_0668 Supermoon Over Saskatchewan
It really was impressive, hanging over the great, expansive prairie. Common advice online is to juxtapose a supermoon against some recognizable object, icon, or landmark, to show how large it really appears. Well... that might not be practical when for miles and miles in all directions there's essentially nothing. Meanwhile, size of the moon in any photo is dependent on focal length of the lens and how much cropping the photographer can get away with.
I never worry about scale, anyway. Every full moon is a thing of beauty. I probably should have been shooting video, because as the moon rose, a chorus of coyotes wafted to me on the evening air, not far away, and moments later a mule deer doe and buck walked across the field I was standing in, very close, basically ignoring me. To be ignored by deer and serenaded by coyotes under a rising full moon is a very special experience. You might even call it super.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2016 James R. Page - all rights reserved.