My Take on the Supermoon

[Lowell]

These night shots are of the Fugal Blacksmith shop in nearby Pleasant Grove, UT.  Interesting lighting.  Both shot at 35mm at F/8, since I primarily am interested in the building.  There are Sodium-vapor street lamps, both to the left and right along the street.  Behind the shop is a Church parking lot with very bright Sodium lamps.  Obviously, not the classic long lens shot of the moon.  The moon has just crested the mountain to the east of the shop about one hour after moonrise.

Comments?

Lowell

[Tristin]

Nice PP and image.  I personally would have gotten the powerline out of such a consipicuous spot when shooting or remove it in PP.

[Lowell]

Thanks Tristin,

Thanks for looking and the suggestion.  I am torn by the power line.  Especially in the second image, it is a distraction.

Lowell

[Fons Baerken]

The powerline doesnt bother me, connection.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I'm more troubled by the fact the moon could be a strong light not necessarily a celestial object, unless told its true nature.

[Lowell]

The powerline doesnt bother me, connection.

Thanks Fons.  The moon was coming up rapidly and I had nowhere to move.

I'm more troubled by the fact the moon could be a strong light not necessarily a celestial object, unless told its true nature.

Bjorn,  I'm not sure I understand.  Are you troubled by my title?

Thanks,

Lowell

[Tristin]

He means that the moon being blown out hides the fact that it is indeed the moon.  Being so spectacularly bright, one could easily assume it was a different light source without being told it is the moon.

[elsa hoffmann]

I like the slightly better composition of the first image. All round much neater. And ya  - power line should go - its a great image.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Tristin explained better than what I managed

[Frank Fremerey]

I like the power line, esp in the second image where the moon is pictured like a sun. Very original creation. love it!

[Lowell]

Thanks for everyone for comments.  They are much appreciated.

I will forever keep the second image as a reminder of aesthetics colliding with physics, in which physics wins.  To what Elsa says about composition is illustrated in this image taken of the shop in daylight.  That is what I wanted only at night with the super moon rising just above the mountain almost adjacent to the building.  First of all this image, also at 35mm F/8 was taken from the middle of the road in front of the structure.  I knew of the super moon coming up and I knew that the moon would crest the mountain somewhere near the perfect location.  Firstly, in the darkness, I retreated to the side of the road since digression is the better part of valor.  I had to place myself to block the lights behind the building.  I still could move to the right when I actually saw where the moon would crest the mountain.  Two strikes against my desired composition.  The moon crested the mountain one hour after moon rise.  Boy was it bright!!  Its a super moon and high in the sky and I am shooting with a 35mm lens and I want it all in focus.   I immediately realized that diffraction was going to utterly decimate my thinking.  I will never forget that physics wins!  By the way, the stars are visible in both images and at full resolution are really wonderful.  But that adds another physics issue of star trails.  A 10 second exposure is pretty long for the D800. 

Thanks for everybody commenting.  In the second image the power cable casts a shadow in the brick wall.

Lowell