There are lots of great photos of the full moon this past weekend. I was lucky enough to be in the Sacramento Valley of central California, exploring the wildlife areas and the Sutter Buttes.
This is taken from Gray Lodge Wildlife Area.
When is bigger not better?
This photo was taken on January 10, 2009 in Butte County, California, US, using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi.
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NaturalLight added this photo to his favorites. (41 months ago)
NaturalLight (41 months ago | reply)
Love those soft tones...
penelope's odyssey (41 months ago | reply)
And aren't we fortunate that you were there. A stunning image.
Gregory Jordan (41 months ago | reply)
Interesting. I've never been to this Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. Think it's worth a visit? It seems that whenever I go into a designated "wildlife area" I rarely see much wildlife. But when I go someplace, like a golf course, I see more!
mtnrockdhh (41 months ago | reply)
Nice catch Alan! You were closer to my neck of the woods.
maxxsmart (41 months ago | reply)
fantastic... I watched the moonrise as I drove up 101 in marin/ sonoma county. I looked just like this.
bcg~art (41 months ago | reply)
lovely unusual pastels from the still setting sun.
I read on someone else's page that this was to be the largest moon of 2009. The closest to the earth in its orbit during any full moon....
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AGrinberg (41 months ago | reply)
Thanks everyone - nice recreation on a Tuesday evening, eh?
@NaturalLight - John - Yes - fits nicely with your recent series of the dunes. Great stuff!
@Penelope - Thanks. I hope you were someplace good too.
@Gregory - The whole "wildlife scene" in the central valley is something else. Definitely worth a visit while ducks are "in season". You might understand an alternate meaning to the phrase "good shot". More on this later.
@mtnrockdhh - David - I see, you are nearby! Wish I had more time to explore.
@maxxsmart - Steve - I can totally imagine that your drive looked like this. Just subtract the snow covered Sierras in the distance!
@bcgart - Belinda - I heard that too, but I still needed my 200 and a telextender to make it look big on my monitor!
Marc Crumpler (Ilikethenight) (41 months ago | reply)
Wonderful capture Alan.
Marc Crumpler (Ilikethenight) added this photo to his favorites. (41 months ago)
aswirly (away) [deleted] (41 months ago | reply)
Oh lucky you. This is quite a sight to see. Wow....
susafri (41 months ago | reply)
Oh wow amazing! I have never yet taken a good photo of the moon itself. It seems to move so fast and before you can get over your amazement of the sight of it, its too late to decide what lens to shoot it with.
cocoi_m (41 months ago | reply)
Lovely. The soft (haze-induced) colors add to the image. Wonderful work.
Pat Ulrich added this photo to their favorites. (41 months ago)
Pat Ulrich (41 months ago | reply)
gorgeous scene!
LichtEinfall (41 months ago | reply)
großartig !
alwynsimple (41 months ago | reply)
Great shot Alan. Kept me awake most of the night. The effect is nice and soft.
M. Miranda added this photo to her favorites. (41 months ago)
faith goble (41 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called World Scenic Photo, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
faith goble (41 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Luminosity and Light, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
s0ulsurfing (41 months ago | reply)
really like this, beauiful exposure, great photography
suz or sooze (41 months ago | reply)
wow.. it just looks amazingly large. fantastic! (i tried to get a photo of the moon... but i am going to blame my bad attempts on the fact that i have a not so hot tele lens.. and that i live in the city... not my skills of course!)
suz or sooze added this photo to her favorites. (41 months ago)
1987porsche944 (41 months ago | reply)
Now THIS is great, WOW! Looks like it's rolling along the edge of the mountains!
Look at the view added this photo to her favorites. (41 months ago)
Look at the view (41 months ago | reply)
This is simply gorgeous .. banding of colours are great :)
onwatersedge added this photo to their favorites. (41 months ago)
onwatersedge (41 months ago | reply)
it is gorgeous. and it looks monstrous coming up over the mountain!
is it your birthday? have a good one, Alan!
schweet_rice [deleted] (41 months ago | reply)
Nice shot, Alan. Sutter Butte area is one of those underrated places to explore. Am glad you're enjoying yourself.
proofer2008 added this photo to their favorites. (41 months ago)
dynamicmange (41 months ago | reply)
wow! its amazing how big the moon is on the horizon. awesome colors and composition. this belongs in a nature magazine
kgrin (41 months ago | reply)
Glad you got this one. I saw it from the other coast, didn't shoot it. Cool.
kgrin added this photo to her favorites. (41 months ago)
AGrinberg (41 months ago | reply)
@onwatersedge - Charles - I was scratching my head trying to figure out how you knew when my birthday was. No searches on Google gave it away. Then I see that my friend joe_az (who does not have time for Flickr, he is one of my Blockhead friends), gave it away. Haha! This was my birthday (Jan 13) trip.
Thanks everyone! Photographing the moon is not so easy, but I would conclude that the single most import factor is to shoot it at dawn or dusk, when the brightness of the moon is close to the brightness of the surrounding landscape and sky. Cameras just don't have the dynamic range to capture a bright moon at night and also show details in the surrounding landscape.
Tony Fischer Photography (41 months ago | reply)
Seen in World Scenic Photo
marvelous.
Stuart & Jenna added this photo to their favorites. (41 months ago)
photonbit (on road) (41 months ago | reply)
Seen in World Scenic Photo
jimgoldstein (41 months ago | reply)
Great pastels. Excellent full moon photo.
travelingwild (41 months ago | reply)
I see that many other people have already said it, but: Great photo!
World Primate Safaris [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
I love this photo. It has great colour. I am still waiting to get a good image of the full moon rising, I need to keep trying.
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