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Moon and Harvester (Sept 2, 2023).jpg
The waning gibbous Moon in clouds above a combine harvester at work in a wheat field, on September 2, 2023.
This contrasts the natural light of the Moon with the artificial headlights of the farm machinery. While this was not a full Moon and was not the Harvest Moon (that was at the end of September this year), this serves as an illustration of the origin of "Harvest Moon" as the autumn Moon that provides light for the annual harvest to allow it to continue into the night, as here. But that no longer applies with modern machinery.
This is a blend of 8 exposures for the Moon and sky, from a long 2 seconds to qa short 1/250 second, to retain detail on the Moon while bringing out the sky and clouds, all taken before the combine entered the frame, then a single 1/10-second exposure taken for the combine once it entered the frame moments later, with one chance to get the shot with the combine in the right place for a good "rule of thirds" composition. The exposure blend was necessary to capture the scene as the eye saw it. The camera did not move.
All with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 104mm and f/4 and Canon R6 at ISO 3200 to keep exposures short. Blended with Lights luminosity masks with Lumenzia. Taken from home in southern Alberta.
This contrasts the natural light of the Moon with the artificial headlights of the farm machinery. While this was not a full Moon and was not the Harvest Moon (that was at the end of September this year), this serves as an illustration of the origin of "Harvest Moon" as the autumn Moon that provides light for the annual harvest to allow it to continue into the night, as here. But that no longer applies with modern machinery.
This is a blend of 8 exposures for the Moon and sky, from a long 2 seconds to qa short 1/250 second, to retain detail on the Moon while bringing out the sky and clouds, all taken before the combine entered the frame, then a single 1/10-second exposure taken for the combine once it entered the frame moments later, with one chance to get the shot with the combine in the right place for a good "rule of thirds" composition. The exposure blend was necessary to capture the scene as the eye saw it. The camera did not move.
All with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 104mm and f/4 and Canon R6 at ISO 3200 to keep exposures short. Blended with Lights luminosity masks with Lumenzia. Taken from home in southern Alberta.
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