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Wayne Smith's picture

Moonrise

Moonrise over Pots & Pans, Saddleworth

Having popped out to check cloud cover to see if there was a chance for some astro later on, I noticed a sliver of the Moon rising above the Pots & Pans rocks.

Dashed back inside to grab camera, coat and a brew and waited. Fortunately, the clouds stayed clear just long enough to grab this shot.

Cropped and exposure tweaked in post.

The Moon looking unnaturally large isn't PS - it's a manifestation of the so-called moon illusion, in which it appears larger when close to the horizon. It isn't understood why this happens, but photographers can achieve a similar effect shooting with a telephoto lens.

Canon 6D Mark II
400mm · f/8.0 · 1/125s · ISO 400
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