Super Moon

I decided to try photographing the moon again, and the night of the super moon in August seemed a great time to try doing this again. I downloaded an app that would tell me what time to expect the moon to rise. So ... I went down to the lake, set up my tripod, and prepared to take a photo. Well, I sat there for quite awhile waiting, and wondering why I hadn't seen it yet. Finally, I looked around the point on the lake, and sure enough the moon had already risen - but not in the area that I had expected it. Hmmm ... too bad the app doesn't tell me exactly where to look.

I tried following some directions to get the moon and the foreground in focus at the same time. This would require taking two photos (one focusing on the foreground and exposing for it; the other focusing on the moon and exposing for it). This sounded simple enough but when I put the pictures into the computer, I found that the moon had moved - in the short time it took me to change my shutter speed. I didn't realize it moved that quickly - so I don't have a picture where I stacked the two pictures.

However, I was still able to take some photos of the moon, and enjoyed looking at it.

 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens
to separate the day from the night..."
Genesis 1:14