by Anthony Ayiomamitis
The effort above involving the rising full moon was taken a few kilometers from the seaside resort area of Oropos northeast of Athens and whose history dates to the time of the golden age of ancient Greece. The foreground is the Church and Monestary of Agios Sotirios which lies atop a mountain and at an altitude of approximately 345 meters (1000 feet). The photo above as well as two other sample photos from the same session were taken from a distance of 1230 meters away to the west of Agios Sotirios so as to yield a balance in the aspect ratio involving the foreground church and rising full moon as well as to provide the ideal azimuth and altitude for these photos to be possible. This result is an extension of the work from three days earlier which involved the setting sun against the same foreground but from a perspective approximately 180 degrees in the opposite direction.
Technical Details:
Date: Oct 04, 2009 @ 19:02:26 UT+3
Location: Oropos, Greece (38.2716° N, 23.7847° E)
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106/f5, AP 2x Conv Barlow, Canon EOS 5D, Baader UV/IR-Cut Filter
Exposure: 1 x 1/50 sec, ISO 100, RAW Image Format, 4368x2912 Image Size, Manual Mode
Further details and sample images: http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-Oropos-01.htm , http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-Oropos-02.htm and http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Lunar-Scenes-Oropos-03.htm