Harvest Super Moon 9-8-14

Marty CohenCarmel Valley, Carmel Valley Ranch, Moonrise18 Comments

This Monday night we had a Super Moon that was also a Harvest Moon.  I drove down to an area of Carmel Valley Ranch that had a good view of the mountains in the more distant valley over which the moon would rise.  When the moon is closer to the horizon it has a yellow-orange glow to it which gradually disappears as … Read More

The Rising Moon

Marty CohenMonterey, Moonrise5 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) This is another image of the Super Moon as it was rising through the clouds. I particularly liked the placement of the moon in this shot, down into one corner. It presents the sky and clouds as expansive relative to the the moon. This photo was … Read More

The Clouds and the Super Moon

Marty CohenMonterey, Moonrise10 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Here is a photo from about one hour after moonrise last night. I like the mystical quality the Super Moon created by illuminating the clouds beneath it as it passed behind the clouds in front of it. If you didn’t see it, the first image I … Read More

Super Moon at Sunset

Marty CohenMonterey, Moonrise10 Comments

(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Last night and tonight are a Super Moon. We went to the wharf in Monterey  and I set up my tripod and controlled it with an app on my iPad. The whole set up worked beautifully. My Canon 6D has a built in wireless transmitter and … Read More