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The couple of nights surrounding this were supposed to be the closest the moon would be to Earth in a while, and thus the largest in the sky. Hence the popularly given name of "Supermoon." I think the very best night of it was the night before I took these shots, and these were already past the time when the moon was at its lowest point of the night I took them. And it was moving fast... it rose a significant distance in the half-hour or so it took me to experiment with settings and work out the shots I wanted.

Shot handheld, all the way in on my 75-300mm. A real challenge to get a steady shot at that level of zoom and pretty slow shutter speeds. But a tripod would have been frustrating far past acceptable levels for restricting mobility in composition. Sometimes it's a trade-off. And I'm actually really happy with the shots I came out with!]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.0.6 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:15:11 -0700 120 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=27555 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/ http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3512-web800.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3512-web800.jpg.html
I found "my shot" in framing the moon between two streetlights out on Atlantic Ave in front of the studio. Every frame was rendered one-of-a-kind by the moving clouds drifting around and across the moon.]]> photo Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:23:58 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3509-web900.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3509-web900.jpg.html
I found "my shot" in framing the moon between two streetlights out on Atlantic Ave in front of the studio. Every frame was rendered one-of-a-kind by the moving clouds drifting around and across the moon.]]> photo Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:23:47 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3508-web900.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3508-web900.jpg.html
I found "my shot" in framing the moon between two streetlights out on Atlantic Ave in front of the studio. Every frame was rendered one-of-a-kind by the moving clouds drifting around and across the moon.]]> photo Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:23:36 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3507-web900.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3507-web900.jpg.html
I found "my shot" in framing the moon between two streetlights out on Atlantic Ave in front of the studio. Every frame was rendered one-of-a-kind by the moving clouds drifting around and across the moon.]]> photo Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:23:26 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3497_1-web800.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3497_1-web800.jpg.html
Working out the exposure to maximize visible detail on the moon's surface.

Not much of a "man in the moon" on this night... more like a big old pawprint from the Man's dog out a-prowling, to my eye!]]> photo Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:15:40 -0700 http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3477-nimbus-square-sat-web800.jpg.html http://www.starkravenmusic.com/gallery/main.php/v/general/supermoon/IMG_3477-nimbus-square-sat-web800.jpg.html
Opening up the exposure results in the moon itself being overexposed to white, but makes visible the beautiful cloud nimbus around the celestial body.]]> photo Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:17:34 -0700