Supah Moon

[Guy Schmickle]

I'm usually pretty disappointed when shooting full moon rises over a landscape due to the inherent flat lighting that falls upon the scene. Of course, every now and then, I get the bug to try it again like I did with last night's rising moon. This time I went for the "in your face" moonrise and used TPE to find a location about 4-5 miles away from Sedona's Mitten Ridge formation. This allowed me to shoot into the scene at 500mm and really bring out the moon. I tried to use the sun going behind a bank of clouds to alleviate the flat lighting issue a bit (not sure how this really worked out) so here you have it!

 

[AlanLichty]

I like this. The 500mm focal length makes the moon feel like its coming to get us

I do like the landscape you included here - much nicer than just a big orb with sky all around it.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

This really works well. The clouds add a nice touch.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very unusual view, you have the best of both worlds.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Supah image of the Supah moon, Guy.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Doesn't look flat at all to my eye - excellent work!

 

[Mike Mancil]

Really well done.

 

[MonikaC]

Very nice - long lens on a super moon, clouds & a great foreground.... nice job with TPE to find your location.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Guy, not to copy Doug at all, but this is Supah!

Nice work here, I think the lighting turned out pretty good for you.

 

[Bart Carrig]

Awesome Guy. Love it. I got skunked this morning for the blood moon sunset (clouds) and tonight for the blue moon at moonrise (clouds again). Awesome work.

 

[ckcarr]

Excellent image!

 

[dan swiger]

Now that's a "super" moon shot! Great use of landscape for comp

 

[AMaji]

Lovely shot... the long focal length really helps to pop the moon!!

 

[Guy Schmickle]

Thank you very much everyone! It's always nice when a plan works out, cuz we all know that often times mother nature doesn't cooperate.

 

[Martín el Escocés]

Super shot, Guy. The large moon and feeling of compression in the landscape works excellently!