Perigee Moon

I decided to try to photograph the Perigee moon that was in the sky tonight. Fallon and I drove west on Hwy 11 to the top of the hill overlooking the city and found a vantage point where the moon would rise over the horizon just to the northeast of Red Deer. This moon is 50,000 km closer to the earth than it normally is, but its still 360,000 km away! Its also 30% brighter than normal as well. While looking through my viewfinder, I noticed a large moose slowly walking through the farm and managed to get a photo. These were all shot with a focal length of 200mm with an ISO of 400. After temperatures and wind chills in the -25 C range the last few days, it was sure nice to be outside taking photos and enjoying the warmer weather.

The Perigee moon just above the horizon.







A moose slowly makes its way through the farm with the moon starting to glow.






Illuminating nicely now.







Crop.