Photography
Related: About this forumI didn't take this moon photo.........but I wanted all of you to see it.
It was taken by flamin lib the other night, the same night I was taking my threesome.
I was blown away by this photo, which he sent me. This is what I'm aiming for. This level of beauty, of artistry.
He did say I could post any photo he'd taken, so I decided to take him at his word.
I just wanted all of you to see his work the way I have. It's an amazing photo and one day I hope to produce a moon photo this good.
niyad
(112,440 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I think it's so amazing and glorious. It gives me a distinct goal.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)StClone
(11,679 posts)As an aside of parallel interest, on the next full moon take out your binoculars or telescope as soon as the dark fills in around the moon face and watch for nocturnal birds migrants passing in front of the lunar glow. It's fascinating.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I might try that! I haven't seen any in my jaunts so far, but you never know.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)I remember that moon.
Thats a great photo, agreed.
-Laelth
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)Glad you agree! When he sent it, I was speechless.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)A fitting tribute to RBG....
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)JohnnyLib2
(11,206 posts)We were driving in a darker area that night and admired that moon from the car. How timely to see this great photo!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I'm glad you got to see the moon that night as well as today!
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Full moons are easy but often quite boring.
The partials, where you get the side lighting, give a nice 3D effect on the craters.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I completely agree on all your points. The 3D in this photo is especially well done.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)AllaN01Bear
(17,384 posts)baying at the moon.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)Happy howling!
volstork
(5,394 posts)Thank you for sharing CaliforniaPeggy!
(And to be honest, the moon photos you've done and shared with us are every bit as good!)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I have to respectfully disagree...flamin lib's moon shot is incomparable. Mine are nowhere near as good. Maybe one day they will be.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)Thank you for posting this.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)lindalou65
(253 posts)Thank you and (him) for sharing this beautiful photo!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I had to share it. It was too beautiful to not share.
yuiyoshida
(41,765 posts)great photo!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)Glad you like the photo too.
yuiyoshida
(41,765 posts)I once saw the Moon rise out of the Ocean in Huntington Beach Years ago...the most incredible thing I ever saw... other than maybe a comet.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)Except in Huntington Beach, I think the moon would have been setting, since its motion is the same as the sun. East to West.
Comets are also amazing. I saw one once, very briefly!
druidity33
(6,435 posts)kentuck
(110,950 posts)...before it went to the Dark Side of the Earth.
H2O Man
(73,333 posts)the coyotes were really howling around here. I like to sit outside, look at the moon and stars, and listen to the coyotes.
druidity33
(6,435 posts)H2O Man
(73,333 posts)up to drop off a package last night, and asked me why I was standing in the driveway? I told him that I was listening to the coyotes, and commented on their increased howling. He asked if I remembered his pointing out, over the years, that this always happens in the week before the harvest moon. He also said that he saw two dead coyotes on the road on his way over. I'm thinking that maybe because we are getting the first cold nights, the coyotes are on the move, hunting.
druidity33
(6,435 posts)i noticed mostly because of the increased amount of "yipping" along with the howls. Is that a "they found prey" thing too? I don't know, but i have been hanging on my porch these past few nights enjoying the cacophony. The last 2 nights have been frosty... low of 32.
H2O Man
(73,333 posts)While I'm no expert -- by any means! -- I know that eastern coyotes only start the yipping in the early fall. I've yet to see any reason for this, so I have a theory. Probably wrong, but here goes:
Eastern coyotes do not "pack." The male & female appear to mate for life. They have an average of five pups per year (depending on health, winter food supply, etc). While the pups mature faster than those of domestic dogs, they generally share the parents' territory for at least their first year, then sub-divide it in future years.
When pups are small, adult coyotes will hunt deer fawns, which are born around the same time. This is actually when coyotes kill the highest number of deer. (Road kill presents most, though not all, of the adult deer they consume in the fall through spring.) But in the summer months, they eat plants/ fruit, and small animals, such as woodchucks and mice.
In the early fall, the pups are old enough to be included in the family hunts. I wonder if they do the majority of the yipping? It is a strange, fascinating call. I've also found, specific to an 8-acre field behind my house with dense pines at the top and bottom ends, that some will yip at one end, to get the deer to run the other way. More coyote are stationed in wait. Listening to the kill is unpleasant, to say the least.
Back in the mid-1970s to late '80s, "coy-dogs" were a problem for area farmers. They were more aggressive towards livestock. But they have been killed off. Since the mid-1990s, however, the region's coyote populatiion has bred with the timber wolves, despite initial denials by our DEC. A farmer killed one near Bridgewater, NY (near Utica) and had a DNA test done. Since then, the DEC has been more honest. So time will tell if the local population will pack, rather than live in family units. I've seen two males that are very large compared to local coyote, and others have seen more.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)H2O Man
(73,333 posts)Recommended.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)mikelgb
(6,021 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)A very beautiful photograph.