{"id":720062,"date":"2026-07-31T01:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720062\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T01:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:05:17","slug":"falmouth-photographer-captured-a-perfectly-timed-buck-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720062\/","title":{"rendered":"Falmouth photographer captured a perfectly timed Buck Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Stuart Wilkes managed to line up the glowing orange moon directly behind the windows of Observatory Guest House as it rose over Falmouth on Wednesday evening (July 29).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"The people in the observatory had the best view\"\/>The people in the observatory had the best view (Image: Stuart Wilkes\/Packet Camera Club)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The carefully composed shot shows the full Buck Moon appearing to sit within the building itself, while residents gathered at the windows to watch the spectacle unfold.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Wilkes said the image was the result of &#8220;a lot of planning, patience, and careful positioning around garages, rooftops and parked cars&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"The people in the observatory had the best view\"\/>The people in the observatory had the best view (Image: Stuart Wilkes\/Packet Camera Club)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: &#8220;Everything finally came together as the glowing orange moon rose directly behind the windows of Observatory Guest House.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Spotting the residents gather at the windows to witness the moment made the scene even more special.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"The people in the observatory had the best view\"\/>The people in the observatory had the best view (Image: Stuart Wilkes\/Packet Camera Club)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The photographer explained that moments like this are fleeting despite the preparation involved.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"The people in the observatory had the best view\"\/>The people in the observatory had the best view (Image: Stuart Wilkes\/Packet Camera Club)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Some photographs are over in a moment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Others take hours of planning for just a few seconds of perfect alignment,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This was definitely one of those moments, and every bit of the effort was worth it.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Buck Moon, the name given to July\u2019s full moon, rose over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=cornwall&amp;ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cornwall<\/a> under largely clear skies, with many across the county sharing images of the seasonal lunar display.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"The people in the observatory had the best view\"\/>The people in the observatory had the best view (Image: Stuart Wilkes\/Packet Camera Club)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Readers can view a selection of images from the night, including Mr Wilkes\u2019 perfectly timed Falmouth shot, in the gallery above.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Buck Moon shot from Marazion Car Park earlier with my Canon RF200-800mm lens at 800mm and R5 camera\"\/>Buck Moon shot from Marazion Car Park earlier with my Canon RF200-800mm lens at 800mm and R5 camera (Image: Gerry Gillard\/Packet Camera Club)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Wilkes managed to line up the glowing orange moon directly behind the windows of Observatory Guest House&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-720062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}