Title: Full Moon Rising Over Puget Sound
Location: Clinton, Washington, USA
Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey
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Photo Of The Day – Full Moon Rising Over Puget Sound
– December 4, 2009Posted in: North America, Photo of the Day, USA, Washington
Holy smokes that’s a cool shot!
OMG Peter this is amazing. I’m a huge moon junkie and like nothing better than watching the moon rise. How did you get this shot?
wow an amazing shot!
What a stunning shot! I love the composition with the moon and the light in the window. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks everyone!
Amie, it’s a straight forward shot from the roof of my truck. I took it in part for a tutorial that’ll be posted on another site later (I’ll link when it’s up).
When the moon first came up I was parked further to the left and the moon was right over the roof. Not a good composition. I pulled forward as far as I could go and got lucky that the composition lined up right.
I had to underexpose the shot by about 4 stops, of use spot metering right on the moon.
I then made a few adjustments to the over light and a spot burn in Photoshop for just the moon. Really, nothing you can’t do in a real darkroom (yes, I learned to use one of those many decades ago).
Long story short: practice. I’ve got plenty of bad shots over the years.
I swear we saw that exact moon while we were driving across the desert the other night. It looks even more beautiful on the Sound. Amazing shot!
Holy S*%&, Peter. (I can say that here, right?) What a shot.
I used to love watching the moon set from the other side, over the Olympics. That’s a beautiful shot! I appreciate your comments on what it took technically – I’ve taken notes!