Is there a Man in the Moon?

After a very long day that stretched into a very long night earlier in the week, I was greeted by a stunning full moon as I walked up my back steps. Very bright, very clear. We also had some unusually warm weather rolling in (pushing 70 the next day!) So I grabbed my camera and tripod and a fuzzy fleece jacket and spent nearly a half hour outside documenting the evening. It was truly an experiment and a test of patience (yeah, clouds over a full moon don't really photograph well when you don't know what you're doing!) But it was thrilling. Inspiring. Relaxing.

Out of about 35 shots, I've gleaned these two. The first is about how bright the moon felt--like it was sunny out! You can also see the trees and that eerie/Halloween feel I was trying to capture. #2 is a better shot of the moon, but had those tree branches sticking in like alien antennae. (And if you don't know there are trees there, that's what you might think they are!)


Tech Info: Rebel XT, 28-135mm IS lens, timer, 1.6", f/18, 44mm, ISO 1600, SOOC except resize for web.


Tech Info: Rebel XT, 28-135mm IS lens, timer, 1/3", f/22, 127mm, ISO 100, PS: crop/resize, Unsharp Mask.