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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,308 posts)
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:13 PM Sep 2020

I 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.





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I didn't take this moon photo.........but I wanted all of you to see it. (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 OP
Oh! WOW! Thank you for sharing. This with us! niyad Sep 2020 #1
YW, my dear niyad! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #3
Nice! soothsayer Sep 2020 #2
Thanks! I agree. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #4
Haunting StClone Sep 2020 #5
It is haunting. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #7
The night RBG died? Laelth Sep 2020 #6
Yes, the night RBG died. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #8
It's easy to imagine RBG's nose and spectacles in that moon. n/t Laelth Sep 2020 #36
Simply beautiful, CaliforniaPeggy! Heartstrings Sep 2020 #9
It sure is beautiful and fitting. I just love it! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #12
Thank you. JohnnyLib2 Sep 2020 #10
YW, my dear JohnnyLib2. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #15
Cool shot. He did well. ManiacJoe Sep 2020 #11
Thanks so much, my dear ManiacJoe! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #16
Stunning! nt DesertRat Sep 2020 #13
Thank you, my dear DesertRat! I agree totally. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #17
lovely. howelll. couldnt help myself. AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #14
I hardly blame you, my dear AllaN01Bear! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #18
Absolutely lovely! volstork Sep 2020 #19
Thank you so much, my dear volstork! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #20
Simply stunning. NoRoadUntravelled Sep 2020 #21
My pleasure, my dear NoRoadUntravelled! It IS stunning. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #27
Absolutely stunning! lindalou65 Sep 2020 #22
YW, my dear lindalou65! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #28
Thats no moon.. yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #23
Thanks for the great clip, my dear yuiyoshida! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #29
You are most welcome! yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #32
That must have been quite a sight! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #33
Huntington Beach, Long Island, NY? nt. druidity33 Sep 2020 #34
I saw that moon, late evening... kentuck Sep 2020 #24
On the past two nights, H2O Man Sep 2020 #26
same here in Western MA... like they're excited about something. nt. druidity33 Sep 2020 #35
My son drove H2O Man Sep 2020 #37
That makes sense.... druidity33 Sep 2020 #38
Good call! H2O Man Sep 2020 #39
Glad you got to see it too, my dear kentuck. It's something else at this stage. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #30
Beautiful! H2O Man Sep 2020 #25
Thank you, my dear H20 Man! I have to agree. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #31
Beautiful, you can moon me anytime 🌝 mikelgb Sep 2020 #40
Thank you. warmfeet Sep 2020 #41

StClone

(11,679 posts)
5. Haunting
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 08:32 PM
Sep 2020

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.

JohnnyLib2

(11,206 posts)
10. Thank you.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:17 PM
Sep 2020

We were driving in a darker area that night and admired that moon from the car. How timely to see this great photo!

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
11. Cool shot. He did well.
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:27 PM
Sep 2020

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)
16. Thanks so much, my dear ManiacJoe!
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:44 PM
Sep 2020

I completely agree on all your points. The 3D in this photo is especially well done.

volstork

(5,394 posts)
19. Absolutely lovely!
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:50 PM
Sep 2020

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)
20. Thank you so much, my dear volstork!
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 09:59 PM
Sep 2020

I have to respectfully disagree...flamin lib's moon shot is incomparable. Mine are nowhere near as good. Maybe one day they will be.

yuiyoshida

(41,765 posts)
32. You are most welcome!
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 12:01 AM
Sep 2020

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)
33. That must have been quite a sight!
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 12:05 AM
Sep 2020

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!

H2O Man

(73,333 posts)
26. On the past two nights,
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 11:08 PM
Sep 2020

the coyotes were really howling around here. I like to sit outside, look at the moon and stars, and listen to the coyotes.

H2O Man

(73,333 posts)
37. My son drove
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 10:32 AM
Sep 2020

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)
38. That makes sense....
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 12:02 PM
Sep 2020

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)
39. Good call!
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 03:17 PM
Sep 2020

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.

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