Super Moon Rising on Horizon

E.T. is what first came to my mind. This is terrific.

Pretty spectacular.

Thanks for sharing.

Mark

Super shot. Low clouds impeded my horizon attempt, and even then I wouldn't have had the cool tree line.

Super cool super moon

Oooo -- very nice indeed!

Fantastic...love it!
So ET...lol

What can I say, it is "Super!"

Love the image.

As we were blanketed in thick cloud for the whole event, I'll just enjoy this great image Mark!

I like it... Yes very ETesque... to coin a phrase... If it were mine I might try to smooth some of the jaggedness from the edge of the moon. Very cool silhouettes.

Wade Thorson wrote:I like it... Yes very ETesque... to coin a phrase...  If it were mine I might try to smooth some of the jaggedness from the edge of the moon. Very cool silhouettes.

That's exactly what it looked like - the horizon was jagged because of the atmosphere at that low angle. Once it got a little higher it "smoothed" out, but the orange color was replaced by yellow and then as it rose even higher it was white (with no jaggedness in either yellow stage or white stage) Nothing I can do about it, as I said, that's the way it presented itself at that very low position near the horizon. Also, some of what you refer to as "jaggedness" is actually the various craters and indentations of the surface of the Moon.

Amazing shot....very well done.

Love the entire idea, nicely executed!!!

Mark Picard wrote:

Wade Thorson wrote:I like it... Yes very ETesque... to coin a phrase...  If it were mine I might try to smooth some of the jaggedness from the edge of the moon. Very cool silhouettes.

That's exactly what it looked like - the horizon was jagged because of the atmosphere at that low angle. Once it got a little higher it "smoothed" out, but the orange color was replaced by yellow and then as it rose even higher it was white (with no jaggedness in either yellow stage or white stage) Nothing I can do about it, as I said, that's the way it presented itself at that very low position near the horizon. Also, some of what you refer to as "jaggedness" is actually the various craters and indentations of the surface of the Moon.

Yup.  Poor "seeing" can wreak havoc on details and crispness.  As the warmer earth and the cooler atmosphere are reaching equilibrium these moving thermals make the scene appear to dance.  If you were using live-view you would have seen the moon shimmering through the unstable air.  Plus there is a LOT more atmosphere to shoot through at the horizon than the meridian.  The only way to get around this phenomenon is to take video frames (say 1,000 at 30fps or 80fps even better) and use software to cull it down to the top 30 frames or so and stack these so fine details can be resolved.

I really like this effect sometimes though when including the moon with terrestrial subjects.  It gives it a very ethereal feel to it.  Most images I see like this the focus point is on the moon, but I think you nailed it mark with your focus on the trees.  Great composition, spectacular image and well deserved EP. 

Beautiful photo, well envisioned!

This is super cool Mark! Intelligent composition and perfect focus - I love the orange color of the moon as well. Great job!

Cool shot!