Blood Moon. 27 September 2015

This was taken from the 4^th floor of the CAC during the “Blood Moon” eclipse (some people were calling it the “Apocalyptic Moon” which sounds just metal as all get out) and I what I liked about it the most; in terms of lighting, was that it was an event that progressed through time. It took about an hour for the eclipse to be completely full. Theatrically that could be used to give a sense of time in a scene/act as the progression of the reddening of the moon moves through time. There was interesting light spillage from the nearby cities that sort of muffled the glow of the "moonlight."  I also really liked how there was a defined ring around the moon itself so the object was clearly in focus (lost a little bit in the photo) but it had a halo of glow around it. The colouring was really interesting to me as well since “moonlight” is usually a bluer white (at least to my eye) reflected from the sun and this “moonlight” had a lot of amber, red, crimson, white, and brown in it. Overall I felt like it was very romantic and lush as it had warmer colours, and a softer glow than normal. It was also very ominous, mysterious, and a tad unnerving as it was almost the exact opposite of what the moon normally looks like and because of the severe colouring.