Lunar Eclipse

Here are a re photos from the recent lunar eclipse on October 8, 2014.  Photos were taken from my front porch using a 400mm lens and 1.4 extender - all on a very steady tripod.

Moonlight, Part 2

Here are a couple more moonlight shots taken around the Cambria, CA area.

The large moon rising over San Simeon Creek was taken from Van Gordon road, and is a composite of 2 photos - sometimes you just have to do that to capture the dynamic light range.

The ocean photo is taken at Leffingwell Point and is about a 2 minute exposure lit by both the moonlight and the street lights along Moonstone Beach Drive.

Ocean by Moonlight

Here is a  recent long time exposure of moonlight and waves from near Monterey, CA.

"Super Moon" over Templeton, CA

The "super moon" on 7/12/14 came up behind a cloud bank - so much for that spectacular photo I was preparing to take.  It was a little too dark - more light in the sky would have helped - which means I should have taken the photo one day earlier.

Anyway, I used some HDR compositing to help balance the light.  The photo does not quite look "real", but it is pretty close to what I saw.

Cambria - Zebra and Supermoon

The moon rising over Cambria, California last evening was huge.  I caught a photo of it over my favorite old barn.

And the zebra near Hearst Castle were out in force - as were the tourist snapping pictures of zebra close to Highway 1.  I should have taken a photo of all the cars stopped along the side of the highway.

Morro Bay Power Plant at Dawn

Midnight Moonlight Madness

(subtitle - I really should have been sleeping when I took these pictures)

The full moon this week presented some good photo opportunities - I just wish I knew better what I was doing with long night time exposures. Fortunately, digital film is cheap.

So I was up through some late night and early morning hours this week, but it was pleasant, mild weather, and good photo practice.

Photo to left is the moon about ready to set, around 5:45 am along Hiway 46 above Cambria, CA. 1700 ft above the fog. Pentax K20D with 300 mm lens. Underexposed -2.0 EV to show lunar details.




The Carlton Hotel, in beautiful downtown Atascadero CA, shortly after moonrise


Atascadero Feed and Grain elevator highlighted by moonlight


Golden hills, creeping fog, moonset and sunrise combine for interesting textures and colors.
Thursday morning around 6:10 am. Sunrise is still coming at 6:30 am.