Gee, thanks for the warning. Fact is, I have not rehearsed anything with respect to these shots, so there was no "last months rehearsal" involved. For planning, I am using Photopills to plan the shot (actually two shots). One shot will be of moonrise against a specific rock formation. The second shot will be moonset (the following morning) against a completely different rock formation 3 hours away. I have already made a site survey to the first location to determine (with the help of Photopills) the exact location, focal length, etc., that I want to use. I'm well aware that at the distance I'll be from subject, any adjustments to parallax would require jumping in the car an moving a good distance, not just moving a few yards. That's the beauty of PhotoPills - you can determine ahead of time exacty where you want to be standing to get the moon at the precise location and height relative to the subject that you want, then the pre-shoot site survey allows you to use AR on Photopills and make any adjustments to location ahead of time.

I always go to the location ahead of time and use Augmented Reality to verify the best location. That's what I did (below) to get the Milkyway core above Cabazon Peak.

I was hoping to get a couple of full moon shots with specific backdrops and since there happens to be a Supermoon, why not shot that? Would I do this shoot if it were a regular full moon? Yes, I'd still be trying these particular shots even if it were a regular full moon.

I agree there isn't that much difference between a Supermoon compared to any other full moon other than at a given focal length the size of the moon relative to the foreground object will be slightly larger. Is it a big deal? no, but so what.

Peace

Gee, thanks for the warning. Fact is, I have not rehearsed anything with respect to these shots, so there was no "last months rehearsal" involved. For planning, I am using Photopills to plan the shot (actually two shots). One shot will be of moonrise against a specific rock formation. The second shot will be moonset (the following morning) against a completely different rock formation 3 hours away. I have already made a site survey to the first location to determine (with the help of Photopills) the exact location, focal length, etc., that I want to use. I'm well aware that at the distance I'll be from subject, any adjustments to parallax would require jumping in the car an moving a good distance, not just moving a few yards. That's the beauty of PhotoPills - you can determine ahead of time exacty where you want to be standing to get the moon at the precise location and height relative to the subject that you want, then the pre-shoot site survey allows you to use AR on Photopills and make any adjustments to location ahead of time.

I always go to the location ahead of time and use Augmented Reality to verify the best location. That's what I did (below) to get the Milkyway core above Cabazon Peak.

I was hoping to get a couple of full moon shots with specific backdrops and since there happens to be a Supermoon, why not shot that? Would I do this shoot if it were a regular full moon? Yes, I'd still be trying these particular shots even if it were a regular full moon.

I agree there isn't that much difference between a Supermoon compared to any other full moon other than at a given focal length the size of the moon relative to the foreground object will be slightly larger. Is it a big deal? no, but so what.

Peace