{"id":3538,"date":"2023-08-10T08:56:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T08:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2023-08-10T08:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T08:56:50","slug":"rising-moon-at-cabo-sardao-sw-alentejo-coast-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=3538","title":{"rendered":"Rising Moon at Cabo Sard\u00e3o, SW Alentejo Coast, Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I like to photograph the Moon one day before it is full, because it rises a few minutes before sunset. During that small amount of time, there is still some natural daylight that permits to photograph the Moon in a nice way. After the sun sets, and with the increasing darkness, it is more difficult to photograph the Moon over the landscape and avoid it becoming overexposed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One location where I sometimes go to take such photos is Cabo Sard\u00e3o, in the Alentejo coast. As the Moon rises in the sky, it crosses behind the lighthouse, making for interesting compositions. I arrived about 1 hour before sunset, and took a few photos of the area. I had only brought my telephoto lens, a Fujinon 70-300mm, plus a tripod. The warm light was basking the cliff rocks in great golden tones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Golden rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Earth’s history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This coastal area is well known for the white storks, that come here to nest. At the end of July, they have gone away, leaving the nests empty. I found one nest where a lonely feather had remained; others are now occupied by seagulls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Opportunistic seagulls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Soon the Moon appeared above the horizon, and I took some initial photos. A few moments later, the lighthouse keeper turned on the light, and I shot a series of frames for later assembly into a panorama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rising Moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Panorama of 6 vertical frames.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I continued to shoot, changing my position frequently, so I could frame the Moon behind the building. I wanted to play with the concept of having both lights in the same picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two lights.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Geometry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also wanted a photo where the beam of the lighthouse would be (apparently) hitting the Moon. This was more challenging, and required a precise timing, as the light would be spinning around. After a few tries, I got the image I wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Batman signal?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beacon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I made a few more shots and then called it a day, or rather, called it a night? It was another enjoyable photo session, in this beautiful region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like to photograph the Moon one day before it is full, because it rises a few minutes before sunset. During that small amount of time, there is still some natural daylight that permits to photograph the Moon in a nice way. After the sun sets, and with the increasing darkness, it is more difficult … Continue reading Rising Moon at Cabo Sard\u00e3o, SW Alentejo Coast, Portugal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3543,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}