We have a winner! I am pleased to announce that photographer Ron Byram of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been selected as the winner of the “Full Moon” photo contest. Here is Ron’s winning image:
Here is what Ron had to say:
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Hello, I am Ron Byram from Charlotte, NC. By Day, I am a Computer Analyst. I have done amateur photography since I was 10 years old. But since 2010 I have been into DSLR photography.
On weekends when I’m not on call and I’m off my chain, my wife and I travel through North Carolina, South Carolina, and other states to photograph nature and landscapes or action and sports.
The photo was taken in December 2020 at the Pocosin Wild Life Refuge in eastern North Carolina. My wife and I have been going out to the refuge for the last 5 or so years to get away from work and see what we could capture.
The full moon was the Full Cold Moon and the last one of 2020. The birds in flight were snow geese at sunset.
The geese were in a corn field feeding and the moon rose up over the tree line. The geese lifted off and swirled around and around. This was my first time trying this. I was not 100% sure about my proper settings or if the geese would fly in front of the moon.
I used my Canon 7D Mark II on tripod, with a 150-600mm lens on a ball head mount. The exposure was 1/8th of a second at f/11 and ISO 100 in Aperture Priority mode. I was exposing for the moon, and I guess I got lucky.
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I’d say there was much more than luck involved in capturing this photo. Ron made a plan to visit a good location at the right time to photograph the full moon, and was able to make the most of the geese flying around him.
As the winner of this GreyLearning Photo Contest, Ron wins a Tamron 100-400mm lens (https://bhpho.to/39NWhRy). Congratulations, Ron!