Sunday, July 28, 2013

Rise of the Full Moon

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If you have followed my blog, you know that I am a self-described lunatic.  The moon fascinates me.  I like to look at it.  I like to photograph it.  In the summer, the days are so long that the full moon rises about the time I am thinking of going to bed.  But I remembered a pond just north of Morgan Hill that would provide a nice reflection, so instead of retiring, I packed my gear and headed out.  I'm glad I did.  Clouds covered the lower eastern sky so the moon did not appear until it was fairly high.  The first 2 photos were take about 15 minutes prior to sunset.
 This one was taken right at sunset
And these two 20 minutes after sunset.  Normally, I quit taking pictures when the sky gets dark and the moon is too bright to retain any detail, but I wanted the reflection.  This took a bit of post processing to pull detail out of the foreground. 
 Same shot with an iPhone
Where will I go for the August full moon?
Any suggestions?

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