Where Are All The Strawberry Moon Photos? I took these on Saturday night, June 3, 2023. I read about the Strawberry Moon on my iPad and thought, what is that? Apparently it comes from...

deanfl Loc: Georgia

I took these on Saturday night, June 3, 2023. I read about the Strawberry Moon on my iPad and thought, what is that? Apparently it comes from Native American tribes and the beginning of strawberry harvesting season.

I finally saw the full moon in the Southeast sky.

I took these with my MFT, Panasonic G95 with a Panasonic 100-300 lens, on a tripod.

I figured there would be a good number of posts on this site with their moon photos, but so far I have seen only 2 posts, so I decided to post these.

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Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Very nice! If people didn't shoot because the moon wasn't red and they were expecting it to be, the term Strawberry Moon isn't derived from the color of the moon, but rather because it signifies strawberry picking time.
Or, maybe they are waiting for next month's full moon which will be the first Super Moon of the season. Then make sure you are watching for the end of August -- a rare occurrence -- a Super Blue Moon. All the full moons from July through September will be Super Moons.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

They took them last year.
and the year before, ...

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

All the full moons have names and most have several names from different cultures t/o time. Hunters moon, harvest moon are examples

deanfl Loc: Georgia

Bridges wrote:

Very nice! If people didn't shoot because the moon wasn't red and they were expecting it to be, the term Strawberry Moon isn't derived from the color of the moon, but rather because it signifies strawberry picking time.
Or, maybe they are waiting for next month's full moon which will be the first Super Moon of the season. Then make sure you are watching for the end of August -- a rare occurrence -- a Super Blue Moon. All the full moons from July through September will be Super Moons.

Thank you! Thanks for the information. Having the moon be part of a landscape photo would be more interesting, IMO.

deanfl Loc: Georgia

Longshadow wrote:

They took them last year.
and the year before, ...

It appears that 2016 was a good year to post Strawberry Moon photos on this site.

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

FYI super full moons are very hard to disquinish from regular full moons with naked eye, might be about 15%.The large full moon on the horizon is an illusion called the moon illusion

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

deanfl wrote:

Thank you! Thanks for the information. Having the moon be part of a landscape photo would be more interesting, IMO.

If you want a really good moon shot as part of a landscape, you need to be 20 to 25 miles away from a still foreground with the moon rising behind it while shooting with a 400-600 mm lens. This shot was from a park in NJ about 25 miles from downtown Manhattan. Unfortunately, it was cloudy and I was not able to get the moon directly behind the buildings. You can still see the way the moon looks almost large enough to eat the skyline. Some people see these large moon shots and think they are two images put together but you can get the moon to appear large by using a long-range perspective.

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deanfl Loc: Georgia

Bridges wrote:

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Yes, like that…..good capture!….thanks.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Bridges wrote:

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Nice shot!

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Bridges wrote:

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A masterpiece resulting from knowledge and experience 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Nicely captured Dean!

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

Good job. The moon, in this case, looks foreboding.

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

We haven't had a clear sky for several days. Smoke from the Canadian forest fires. I looked each night (prior and post) sky was cloudy/hazy with smoke.