Yesterday I went out to capture the Full Moon rising behind Cape Byron Lighthouse. During the day the sky was clear, wind was low & conditions were looking perfect but as the evening neared this haze came across from the West. It was not ideal but the cloud was not thick enough to can the shoot so I went ahead with it. I drove up to Elements - Byron Bay, parked my car & then walked a further 2 kilometres up Belongil Beach. When I arrived I noticed a few other photographers set up for the Full Moon shoot. We were all setup in different locations about 20-40 meters apart & we all managed to capture some great content.

I have been Inspired by a fellow photographer & friend Kelvin Hennessy who set up further down the beach. He nailed this moon rise in Real Time Video & had the moon come up directly centered behind Byron Bay Lighthouse. His organizing & planing for this kind of moon shoot is very impressive & I feel I will learn a lot from Kelvin. Please check out his work on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/phasefourphoto or on Instagram at: @phasefourphoto. You will be impressed.

My equipment I used to capture this Video is Canon 7D, Canon 600mm IS ii - F/4 & Canon 1.4 extender, mounted on a 175cm Manfroto Tripod, giving me a focal length of 840mm & an effective focal length of 1344mm. This video is made up of 632 single images, edited in LRTimelapse & Lightroom then created in Cyberlink PowerDirector 12 with some additional touches in Adobe Premiere Pro CC. To locate my position for this moon rise I use an iPhone App called Photopills.

Cape Byron Lighthouse has just had an extensive set of works done in & around the lighthouse & the main light is still turned off, that's why you might notice a little flash to the left of the existing light.

I really hope you like this video & I would certainly love to hear any of your thoughts or questions regarding this clip. Also please feel free to share this video around or tag a friend that would like to see it.

Music by: Ahjay Stelino - Dreaming Big.
Video Duration: 1:55.

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I captured this image using Canon 7D, Canon 600mm IS ii - F/4 & Canon 1.4 extender giving me a focal length of 840mm. I was located on Belongil Beach, Byron Bay & was 5.9 Kilometres from Cape Byron Lighthouse. I used the iPhone app PhotoPills to find my location for tonight's shoot.

I really hope you like my capture of tonights Full Moon & I would love to hear you thoughts? Also please feel free to share or tag a friend that might like to see this image.

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