Seeing the moon in the middle of the day

That'd be a very nice gift. I keep trying to get nice pictures of the moon, but I don't have a lot of patience. Patience is important for taking technically tricky pictures.

@MarshaMusselman It was some kind of super moon, wasn't it? It's tricky, it is easiest to take the picture when it's not too dark, but it looks better when it's dark.

Tonight's moon was quite large but if I were to take a pic of it I'm sure it wouldn't look fantastic.

Yes, it's a lot light pollution here too. I see the stars much better from the stables, but the view there is north-west and for the Milky Way I think I need south or south-east. I don't think I stayed out to see the stars when I was in Australia. Must do that next time, 'cause it'll be a bit different.

@VivaLaDani13 I've seen some great pictures from up in the mountains, with the Milky Way and lot of other stars. I think it's like that in many countries. Australia has a lot a outback, hasn't it? It should be possible to find somewhere without lights, and hopefully without too many dangerous creatures.

@Torunn aw no! Seeing the Milky Way would be lovely! I hope you can! Many years ago, my dad was dating someone and her parents owned a farm. We stayed on that farm and slept outside and the sky was so beautiful! Saw so many shooting stars. The closer to the country you are, the better to see the night sky.

Yes, I think it's really nice. And much easier to take pictures of than in the night

@Torunn I agree. It is such a lovely sight.

That's cool! Did you have the fancy glasses? I've seen one, and a lunar eclipse. I watched the solar eclipse on the screen of my camear, 'cause I didn't have the right glasses.

@Torunn The first time I had a piece of normal glass blackened with the soot of a candle. The second time I had special glasses with cardboard frames which were made especially for the event and sold in shops. I watched the second eclipse outside a village where the air was clear. We were standing near a meadow where there were cows. It didn't become really dark when the sun was covered but it was darker than it would have been in the middle of the day. The cows were puzzled. They all lay down, obviously they thought (if cows can think) that night was coming and they should prepare for sleep. No sound could be heard, no bird was making a noise. It was a bit eerie until the spectacle was over.

@MALUSE I suppose we saw the same one, was it 5 or 6 years ago? I wish I had done like you and gone away from people, 'cause people are never quiet. I was at work, so I was standing there with a group of people. What you describe sounds like the same silence we get with some sorts of fog. I like it.

Me too. I think that I might practice my moon photography skills a bit more this year.

@Torunn Go for it.

Thanks, and likewise for you and yours! I used a telephoto lens to get the picture, I don't think it happens more often here but my veranda faces due west so it very often happens were I can see it without going out.

@LowRiderX Yes, that's really nice, when it hangs low on the horizon and looks bigger than normal. I like full moon in the winter, it doesn't get as dark as on a new moon

@Torunn Thank you! Here sometimes the moon is so low and nice to see, I have the impression that I can reach it with my hand

Taking photos of the moon when it's dark is too much fiddling around for me, I don't have the patience. Right now it would be possible I suppose, since it's midsummer it doesn't really get dark here. It's so light I'm not quite sure what the face the moon's in now, since it's not visible til really late or very early. I've been in the mountains in Italy, far north, but the skies weren't very good during the night. The week I was there, it was cloudy every night and nice and sunny during the day. Quite weird, it was like a blanket shrouded the valley every night. Else I think we would have seen the starry sky, 'cause it wasn't much light pollution compared. In Norway, I think I'd get a good view at the coast, but the Milky Way is south-east so I suppose I'd have to go out in boat. Maybe that should be on my to-do list. Seeing both the auroras and the Milky Way from a boat.

@sabtraversa I was visiting a school in Bruneck, they started early so to get breakfast at the student house I was staying at I had to get up before the sun rose. It was quite weird, 'cause it was dark when I came, dark when I went to school the first day and then when I came out of the school, the clouds were gone and I could see mountains everywhere. I get easily boat sick, so I'll definitly get a big boat so I can invite lots of people! :-)

@Torunn I thought of desert, might as well be the desert of water you can cross with a boat. If you ever get the chance to do that, please invite me! Sorry you weren't lucky with the clouds in the Italian mountains. I don't know if skies ever get clear at night up there, I always slept at night when I was there.

It's getting there, new moon is on the 13th. I live by a tidal river, so I can see on the river whether there's a full moon or a new moon, 'cause the tide is much higher then

@LadyDuck Do you suddeny find unknown pieces of fur after the full moon is over? ;-)

@Torunn Our brook is too small to notice if it's full moon, but the cats of my neighbors get nervous when we approach full moon... and I cannot sleep. I wonder if I am a lycanthrope.

Yes, that's one thing I miss in town. It's not a huge town, but light pollution is still all over the place. Too cold to hang out to check the Milky Way now, but in some months I'm going to try. There was a couple of planets some weeks ago I think. Jupiter and Saturn. I think I saw them, big and different colour from the stars.

@crazyhorseladycx I forgot my DSLR every night the days the planet were visible. And I can't find my tripod! I can find a lot of other things, many which I had forgotten I have, but the things I need. Spent 1.5 hours looking for my winter jacket this morning. Even colder today, so I needed the big jacket.

@Torunn ugh, light pollution. the bane 'f society, but which 'tis felt necessary. don't blame ya not hangin' out'n frigid weather fer such. yepperz, saw 'em fer 3 nights straight, though 'twas not able to get any e'en semi-decent pics 'f such. here'd be me complainin', but i couldn't get 'nough back light to capture such.

That's nice! Do you still work in two places? Or is it super long work-day in one place? I've walked to work at sunrise and back at sunset quite a few times, but since the sun rises late and still sets early, that's not very impressive at the moment.

@Torunn I still work in two different places. I'm enjoying both jobs, so I decided to keep working at both. They're fun to be at, not at all like what I experienced in my previous 20 years of work.

@moffittjc Cool! That explains the long work hours too. Right now I'd get sunrise while walking to work and sunset while walking back, but I'm not sure I'll walk to work or work from the couch. Hmm ....

In the summer we have so many hours of sun that we wouldn't see the moon if it wasn't visible in the day.

@JudyEv I love it, I find the opposite very strange. When it's suddenly dark in the summer. It's so sudden closer to the equater, it's day and then it's night. Here the sun sets for hours.

@Torunn That would be such a strange thing for me - to have such long days/nights as the seasons change.

Thanks :-) The moon so much bigger when it's close to the horizon, doesn't it? It's much easier to get photos when it's visible at twilight, in the dark the contrasts are too big.

@Torunn You’re right - when you take photos of the moon at night, it’s dull as there’s nothing to complement it. That is why I love taking sunrise shots. Sunsets are difficult for me to chase.

I like the moon when it's peaking out of the clouds. Easier to photograph than with a clear sky.

@Torunn Then there is contrast.

Then you've never thought a class about the solar system I take it? The students very often think it's odd that you can see the moon during the day.

@porwest You even see it more often than you notice, 'cause it's often there but invisible. This puzzles them very much

@Torunn Hmm. No. I see the moon during the day quite often. Hmm.

Thanks :-) That sounds wonderful! Too much light around where I live, but the great outdoors aren't that far away.

Thanks :-)

Well, my posting habbits are somewhat random. Even when I was here years ago on old mylot (I spent much more time online then) I preferred answering, 'cause I can't think of anything interesting enough to start a new thread.