The recent full moon.

And due to the weather, it was a real battle to get it at last.

It was a clear afternoon in the skies, and I had high hopes to get the full moon on a mountain peak. But that was not to be.

Something unexpected arrived to spoil my hopes, and it was a dark cloud bank that came over from nowhere. So, I knew that it was going to be a waiting game, as I had no chance of getting the moon on the mountains. Instead, I stayed at home and every now and then I popped out in our back garden to see if the sky had cleared. To motivate myself, I tried to get the moon on camera between the cloud gaps, and eventually after midnight, the clouds took their leave.

I will show you below what I am talking about.

There was no chance to get a clear shot of the moon in this mess, but I took the pictures in any case, just to remind me that it was the full moon. Like I said above, I knew that sooner or later I would get a clear shot. It turned out to be the latter as you will see.

Yep, I was right, as the cloud cleared, and there it was, in its full glory, even though it was still a bit misty.

I got this shot below, and the tag picture after midnight.

The doctor will freak if he hears that I was not in bed at 10pm, but the bed is a slow roasting oven, as it's very hot here at night. So yes, I like to take chances, even though I only had 6 hours of sleep, and the quack wants me to sleep for 8 hours. My excuse will be that I waited to get the full moon, and it was not my fault that the cloud cover arrived. A very liable excuse methinks :)

In any case it was my usual adventure to try and get the moon, and although I have failed to get a full moon due to the weather many times, I will never give up trying. So, on this occasion, Mother Nature was kind to me.
So, what say you?

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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