SUPER MOON! WHAT SUPER MOON?

My friends said that Saturday the moon would be closest to earth and would look bigger. So I prepared the camera for the occasion. When I saw it - it was high up in the sky - it looked the same as usual to me.

The top right shot is one of my first attempts - I liked the shot because the lens flare (I suppose) looked like a replica of the moon. The bottom left shot is one of my final captures - not too good but not too bad either.
Thank you so much for looking and for your lovely comments and the fav's on yesterday's picture.

[Maggiemae]

I can't get the moon like your lower shot - mine always looks like the one up top! Thats a great echo of the moon there!

[Sue Wilde]

I think your final capture is terrific Dione

[Dianne]

Well done - both shots look good.

[Margaret Obey]

Brilliant Dione. Like Maggiemae I've only ever captured shots like your top one so I'm really impressed that you've mastered it. Fav

[sally agnew]

I think they are pretty darn good, like how you have presented them :-)

[Sheralee S]

Great job Dione and we can see so much detail in the moon.

[Tracey]

Wonderful capture lovely detail

[Carol]

I also like your presentation of the two photos, and the lower shot is great!

[Davie]

Two cracking shots, Dione. The final capture is brilliant.

[Colin Fawsett]

Great capture.

[alia_801]

Nice series of pics. The Moon at perigee (what the media annoyingly started calling a super Moon) only appears a few percent larger than the Moon at perigee (when it is furthest from Earth).

[Sue]

Oh I wondered what all the talk of the moon was, and I shot it without even knowing! Nice contrasts on your collage Dione, Well done.

[Carole Imes]

Fab presentation....love it!

[Islandgirl]

Nice collage........very well done Dione!

[Ivan]

Well done, super images.

[richard saffold]

it's hard to get a good moon shot anytime, these are good. the best time for the so called super moons are when it is rising or setting.

[Chris K]

yes, I missed it too because we are in a valley and by the time it comes over the hill it is too high up

[Lyn Berriman]

We were overcast :( Interesting and creative collage!

[Kerri]

Great collage

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great shots and collage

[Dawn Ulmer]

Great collage of your tries.

[tony gig]

Great moon shots Dione.

[Danny G.]

Lower left shot is superb. Next Supermoon is August 10!

[Pyrrhula]

At that distance a mile more of less makes not much different. Great captures anyway.

[Mrs. Smith]

Great job!

[Call me Joe]

Love what u did here- that moon shot on lower left is super cool!:)

[Sally Ings]

Very creative to make a collage. I love seeing pictures of the moon!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, great capture of the super moon and I love your collage presentation.

[Paula W]

I have never had any luck with moon shots myself Dione, the left hand shot is looking pretty good to me Dione.

[Beth]

I think both picture are nice for different reasons. You have a lot of detail in the bottom one.

[Rick Schies]

I didn't have much luck either. We had some thick cloudy skies

[Catherine W.]

Great job! I agree with Beth about the bottom left!

[Gena Pegg]

Cool shots...I think you have to catch just as it comes up. They say that it is the same size and that it is an optical illusion that is smaller as it goes higher in the sky...I am not convinced.....someone needs to measure it...hahahah!

[bkb in the city]

Nice shots but like you I do not think it was that super

[Dione Giorgio]

@maggiemae @swilde @dide @ceilidh @hermann @bella_ss @tracelee @fjmom @davie @bristol_colin @alia_801 @sioux @cimes1 @radiogirl @ivan @chard @cruiser @lynnilou @kerristephens @ziggy77 @deu49097 @tonygig @soboy5 @pyrrhula @mrssmith203 @joemuli @salza @mittens @paulaw @vernabeth @digitalrn @wannabe @eyesmile @bkbinthecity Thank you very much. I loved reading your views about the super moon or no super moon. After all it is always the moon and the size is always the same.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Great work, the focusing and light in the left shot is fab.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

A few have given better answers than this, but as far as I know it's called a Super Moon because it looks larger than usual when it is rising. Unfortunately, I do not get to see it that way from my home because we live in a wooded area and the trees block the view. Maybe some evening I will venture to a less wooded area to catch a few moon shots. Nice collage!