Super Pink Moon

Not the clearest of evenings but I managed to get a few handheld shots with the K1 MkII and the A*300/2.8 and A-1.4x-L converter. Quite a lot of processing to enhance the effect, here's my favourite three...

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Hope you enjoy them

You did better that we did. Our moon was hidden behind buildings as well as clouds and looked remarkably not pink.

It was clear here, the moon was bright and beautiful but absolutely not pink. Unless i have become colourblind with age.

Actually it is called the pink moon as it is named after the phlox which begin to bloom in April (in the US - the moon names tend to be native American names), also called the egg moon or hare moon.
Next month is the flower or corn planting moon.

Interesting! I spent my formative years in and around Merseyside in the late 60s and remember it being referred to as the Scaffold Moon or, more often, the Lily (the pink) moon. To this day I can't understand why.

Roger (McG)

Three from not quite the real super moon (far too early here)...
And we don`t get the pink bits either







David

Looks like you've got good clear skies David - Nice shots

This was the first clear night following 3 weeks of storms - nice timing

I didn't shoot it last night but someone with a camera phone locally did here and for a while it was very pink but died off quite quickly they posted.

Not pink here either ... K-1, 150-450mm, 1.4x WR. Hand Held.


Moon Tonight by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

I was interested to see how much the 1.4x had an effect on sharpness so here is one without the telelconverter and cropped to a similar size. (plus I dabbled with the colour a bit)


Moon - Pentax K-1 + 150-450mm by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr