Palm-Planet

Moonrise‚ Iceland, June 2002
Photographed with a Hasselblad XPan and 90mm f/4 lens on Fuji Provia 100FMoon position calculation by Palm Planetarium
As an outdoor photographer you are no doubt usually aware of when the sun rises and sets. You should be since light is one of the key components of landscape photography. The moon can also be a vital element in your compositions and so knowing what its phase is at any time, and when it will rise or set, is something that you likely check regularly, and certainly before planning a major shoot. In fact I usually try to have my shooting trips coincide with a full moon. All other things being equal‚ why not?
Such was the case with my late-June, 2002 trip to Iceland. I was there for the summer solstice and 21 hour-long Arctic shooting days, but I knew beforehand that there would also be a full moon that week. It turned out to play a role in a number of my more successful images from that week.
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