Super Moon

"Earth's closest celestial neighbour will appear to loom larger and brighter than usual on Saturday night, as astronomers anticipate a cosmic event called an "extreme supermoon".

Scientists say the natural phenomenon — in which the moon reaches its closest point to this planet — will cause abnormally high and low tides worldwide.

The occurrences, technically known as "lunar perigees," were previously visible in 1955, 1974, 1992, 1993 and 2005. But what makes this one particularly special is that it coincides with a full moon, which hasn't happened since 1993, according to Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C."

                                                                      CBC News

I was gassing up when I was coming home from work when I decided to stop by Perry's and pick up my t2i. I left it there awhile back because I was heading to get some drinks after some shooting and didn't feel like lugging around my tripod and lens.

I've actually been anticipating this night and wanted to shoot some footage of the moon for my DSLR project I've been working on. I was planning to waking up at 4pm when the moon was lower and closer, but due to incoming rain clouds it looked like that wouldn't be an option. No matter, I still have a bunch of good closing footage, so I decided to try and get at least a good shot of the moon before the clouds completely mow over it.

I think this is the first time I've ever used the telephoto lens my friend Celina let me borrow. It's a 75-300mm 4.5-.5.6 and never found it practical when shooting since I mostly shot video, but tonight I was really thankful to have it. Thanks Celina :D.