What's remarkable about 'Full Moon Silhouettes' is firstly that it's not a time-lapse, and secondly the moon is so unbelievably big that you expect an ET flyby. It was filmed by astrophotographer Mark Gee who set himself up two kilometers away from Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. As any photographer will know, the distance away from your subject effectively compresses the distance between the subject and any object in the background. This video uses this simple optical trick to dramatic effect.
"It's something that I've been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage."
Read more about how it was shot here: http://bit.ly/VvrclO
Full Moon Silhouettes from Mark Gee on Vimeo.