Photographer:	Giles Stewart
Title:	Mooon
Gear used:	OM-4Ti + Zuiko 300mm F4.5 + Oly 1.4X TC + Tripod + midge suit & hood
Film used:	Fuji Provia F
Technical information:	Spot metered on the moon.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (olaf_greve@hotmail.com)

Oooooh, very nice and moody shot! I like the purpleish colours and the pitch black clouds, also, the fact that it's not a full moon, but rather a partial one, with the majority of it visible transparently through the earth's shadow somehow adds to the mood of the picture... Very nice!

Comment left by: Barry Bean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Now THAT'S a nice moon shot! But what is a midge suit?

Comment left by: siddiq (siddim01@student.ucr.edu)

darn, barry beat me to it...THAT'S a good photo of the moon. did you overexpose the crescent a little to get the albedo (?) to show up? regardless, very very nice! now then, what's a midge suit, and is there a story behind the "mooon" spelling?

Comment left by: John A. Lind (jlind@netusa1.net)

This is a "wall hanger" you could put almost anywhere and get interest, especially with the deep dark colors. Excellent exposure to get the albedo in with the crescent. Peeking through a gap between the sihlouetted horizon and clouds gives a balanced feeling to it.

Comment left by: Paul Wallich (pw@panix.com)

Golly. That is a truly fine shot. Congratulations!

Comment left by: Wiliam Wagenaar (wiliam2@wish.net)

As is clearly visible in this photo compared to mine bigger isn't allways better. Congratulations on this captivating moon shot.

Comment left by: The taker (no e-mail specified)

A midge suit is fine nylon mesh jacket that stops midges biting you. I think there is an American variant called No-See-Ems. Much worse than mossies if you happen to react badly to their bite IMO The exposure was a nice surprise in revealing the veiled portion of the moon as a result of spot metering the moon. The spot meter area is slightly larger than the moon so a lot of the area in the spot is dark so I think it would average the area. The lower dark area is another band of cloud

Comment left by: Matt BenDaniel (matt@exceloncorp.com)

Nice shot. The clouds make a nice frame. Nice suttle color variations. For viewers' information, the dark part of the moon is lit by "earthshine", which is the sun's light reflected off the Earth, then reflected in turn by the moon. Features (e.g. maria) are faintly visible on the dark side. There is a faint vertical stripe above the bright part of the moon, which is probably a "pillar" due to water vapor or ice crystals in our atmosphere. There is a star showing about half a degree to the left (East, if this shot was taken in evening twilight) of the moon; if the exact date and time of the shot were recorded, we could figure out which star it is.

Comment left by: siddiq (siddim01@student.ucr.edu)

ah, didn't see that before; still very hard to see the pillar, but star i can see. this must've been taken around may 7 if it was to meet the TOPE2 entry timeline andget the state of the crescent. also, gotta be evening twilight, since the crescent would be on the other side if it was later in the phase, yes?

Comment left by: Norm (no e-mail specified)

Very fine indeed.

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