Just adding a little of saturation.

This is Hunter’s Moon over our Lake Hennepin in Northern Minnesota, USA.

Way back when I was so young and lived at the hinterland of the Philippines, I usually gazed the moon. I was fascinated with its beauty. I can remember that when it was full Moon me and all my cousins used to play “tag you’re it”. We don’t have cellular phones, or computers so the cousins were close to each other, playing under moonshine.

My parents especially my father, he used the moon as calculator to plant something like squash, coconut, and some fruit trees because we have this belief that when a farmer plant them during full moon the fruits will bear more fruits so huge bountiful and it is good for the community and for the family in particular.

For me the moon shine was really helping me so much while I was studying because I used to walk 7 kilometers going to school and 7 kilometer going back home, you know the step of a child, so it took me a while to reach home so many times the night time caught me if the moon was shining my path I don’t have problem. Sometimes, when I was about to sleep, I usually gazed the moon through the holes of our house roof.

Now, that I have cameras, I can document it and do whatever creativity in my mind.

The photo was taken at dawn in our lake Hennepin through drone. As I observed it has moon halo and now that winter is coming here in Minnesota our lake produce lots of fogs. The temperature was 30 degress F so as you can see ain the photo there are crystals forming in front of the lens of the camera and produce some effects like bokeh in the photo. There is a black color at the center of the image, it is the other side of the lake you barely see it because of the fogs. We live in a place free of pollution so I am so much grateful for that! I just hope that we continue to protect our night sky and continue to educate the people for the bad effect of light pollution so the next generation can still enjoy the wonders of the night.