Photo of the Day: Giant rising blue moon to be part of film
IT'S an impressive photo, to say the least, so it's no surprise that this incredible image of moonrise at Cape Byron by Surflife Australia Photography received an impressive vote - 58% - in yesterday's Photo of the Day poll.
"I was very stoked to capture this moon rising tonight, with perfect clear skies and enough daylight to show Byron Bay's lighthouse in detail and also all the people that were there to watch the moon rise from Australia's most easterly point," Surflife said in the post with this image.
The image is part of a time lapse series that will soon be published on Surflife's Facebook page - although we can't give you a specific date, unfortunately. We'll see if we can embed it on our website when it goes up.
In the meantime, here is a moonrise video Surflife posted in May.
MAY MOON RISINGMAY MOON RISING::((WATCH IN "HD" FOR BETTER QUALITY))Here is a time lapse piece of the 95% Full Moon Rise from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. It was a perfect night with wind down to 5 knots & nice clear sky to work with. I was out past The Belongil Creek as I had been the night before but this time I did a few more calculations to see if I could capture the rise correctly. My practice from the past two nights allowed me to locate the right position after two earlier failed attempts. I was using the iPhone App PhotoPills to locate my position but this time I managed to get the timing correct for the moon to be behind the lighthouse once it had risen. I must let you know that this is quite a tricky task & I am very happy that I captured it correctly. If you have a look at the lighthouse in the clip you will notice that up near the element the safety rail has been taken down, making this a little more unique. You may also see a few people walking around to the right of the lighthouse as the moon rises in front of them.There was a lot of sea mist this night which made focusing of the lighthouse a little more difficult than the past two nights but I had to work with the conditions that were. The images to make this clip were captured from 4.8 Km away from Cape Byron Lighthouse using Canon 7D Body, Canon 600mm F/4 IS ii USM Lens, & a Canon 1.4 Extender on a Manfrotto 178 cm Tripod. There were 1155 images used in the production of this time lapse. Duration of clip: 2 mins, 55 secs.In real time the duration of moon rise was - 385 - 6 mins, 25 secs.Music: Lee Rosevere - Watching Whales on the Moon.I hope you like this clip & I would really like to hear your thought on it. Please feel free to share this video or even tag a friend that you think may like it ;-) #Moon #MoonRise #TimeLapse #Video #Silhouette #ByronBay #CapeByronLighthouse #NewSouthWales #Australia
Posted by Surflife Australia Photography on Monday, May 11, 2015
Photo of the Day celebrates the beauty of the Northern Rivers and the talent of its people. As well as appearing here, the Photo of the Day appears on Page 2 of the newspaper and as the cover image on our Facebook page.
To contribute, simply share your image to our Facebook page. To have a say on which image is selected, vote in our weekday poll, which you will find at the bottom of our Photo of the Day story on our website on Monday.
