The Moon has been a significant character throughout Japanese religion and culture. It not only anticipates a good crop harvest but also provides a form of appreciation of beauty and insight. Tsukimi, the traditional ceremony for full moon-viewing, takes place in Autumn to honour the "harvest moon", the planet usually displaying a yellow-orange colouring.

A few days ago, I set out after sunset to scan the horizon, waiting for the full moon to rise. She appeared magnificent, yellow-orange in colour, reminiscent of a harvest moon, although it was July. I watched and photographed her from behind an old cork tree with its branches waving in the wind.

The scenery reminded me of the landscapes of the Japanese artist and printmaker Hasui Kawase (1883-1957), in particular, "Full Moon over Magome". Minimal post-processing was applied to the file.

The lens aperture was set at f/32 in order to have the middle and background planes in focus. The moon was focused using the manual focusing of the lens.