The Moon… so obvious, so easy to miss.
Yesterday was a full moon and the day before that there was a lunar eclipse. I only found out both those things today. Oh well!
Late yesterday afternoon while driving back from some shopping Keene, Joan and I noticed the wonderful moon rise. I made a mental note to make time today to see if I could catch the moonrise.
The key question that need to be answered when planning moon/sun rise/set photographs is what to put in the foreground. One needs something “interesting” to make a good image. My thought was Powder Mill Pond in Hancock. It is easy to get to, just pull off the side of US 202 in the right spot and walk across the road; an important criterion on a cold night!
I was a day (or two late). Sunset was about 4:13 both yesterday and today; moonrise was 4:21 yesterday and 5:21 today.
This afternoon it was completely dark by the time made its appearance over ridge to the northeast of Powder Mill Pond a bit after 5:30… ugh! Yesterday would have been just about right… enough sunlight to illuminate the foreground as the moon popped up over the ridge. Next month!!!
I did get a couple of okay shots. One in the very last of the sun light and another in the very first of the moonlight. The two photos were taken about five minutes apart and from slightly different positions but the views are about ninety degrees for each other… very roughly southwest (last light of the sun) and northwest (first light of the moon).
The last image (of the full moon) is about one quarter of the frame, taken with my 70-300 lens… not too bad.
Next month, I’ll do it right!
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Well, now you know just where to be for the next full moon!
I liked the cluster of stars in the upper right corner in Image #1. The full moon has a lot of detail in it. Great capture.
Comment by Just Joe — 11 December 2011 @ 7:27 PM
Yes, but of course next month, being January, it is likely to be -20 degrees out. Oh how we must suffer for our art!
Comment by Frank — 11 December 2011 @ 8:50 PM