Moon-rise Wellington 28th Jan

[gabba]

Unfortunately not mine. Kudos to  Mark Gee of Wellington. I'm still struggling to get decent stills!

Mark notes:

People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It's something that I've been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.

The video is as it came off the memory card and there has been no manipulation whatsoever. Technically it was quite a challenge to get the final result. I shot it on a Canon ID MkIV in video mode with a Canon EF 500mm f/4L and a Canon 2x extender II, giving me the equivalent focal length of 1300mm.

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[Deano]

That is brilliant!

[Rwood]

Fantastic!

[Deano]

It has also made it to the APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) page on NASA.
Quite an achievement.