Hunter's Moon

Waxhaw, NC  2025

Taken on Nov 4, this is the last "supermoon" of 2025.  By the time I took this shot, the moon had already risen above the tree line and I couldn't include any interesting foreground objects.

 

Wolf Moon

Waxhaw, NC. 2025

 The first full moon of the year is known as the "Wolf Moon".  Apparently wolves don't hibernate and are quite active during January.  They also howl a lot in January.  This shot was taken on Jan 12, about a day short of the actual full moon.  No special equipment was used, and this was hand-held.  I'm planning on improving these "moon shots" throughout 2025.

Happy New Year

Waxhaw, NC. 2024

I was amazed when I first looked at this image taken with my iPhone 14.  I know it's not the greatest picture, but what surprised me was how much I could identify with a hand held iPhone photo without any special settings.  It does lose a lot of detail when uploaded to Blogger.  The original is much better and shows how sensitive current iPhone cameras are.  Orion is seen just above the trees.  The brightest "star" is Jupiter, just a little left of center.  Just left of center on top is asterism Pleiades.

Happy New Year everyone.   One of my many resolutions this year to get out a lot more, not necessarily to take more photos, but to take better photos.