Blue Moon

Posted by Alex Nichol in Photography ~ 01 Sep 2023

In case you missed it somehow, we had a Blue Moon this week. Apparently, The name Blue Moon has nothing to do with the colour, rather the number of full moons in a season. According to NASA, we get them once every 2-3 years, so they're not actually as a rare as you might think.

Photograph of the Blue Moon by Alex Nichol — Fujifilm X-T5 + Fujinon XF 50-140mm f2.8 WR OIS

This one coincided with my testing of the excellent Fujinon XF 90mm f2 R LM WR and Fujinon XF 50-140mm f2.8 WR OIS , both kindly on loan from Fujifilm. The photograph at the top of this page was taken with the Fujinon XF 90mm f/2, while the other two were taken with the Fujinon XF 50-140mm f/2.8.

These photographs were taken with the Fujifilm X-T5 , Fujinon XF 90mm f2 R LM WR and Fujinon XF 50-140mm f2.8 WR OIS .

About the photographer

Alex Nichol is an amateur photographer based in the UK dabbling with landscape, travel and documentary. Alex has shot with pretty much everything, from classic 35mm and medium format film cameras from Zenit, Leica, Hasselblad and Rolleiflex, to digital SLR and mirrorless systems from Leica, Sony, Canon, Panasonic and Olympus. He is currently shooting with the Fujifilm X System.