Full Moon Arising
Recently Mother Nature helped me out by having the moonrise at the same time as the sunset, just so I could keep some detail in the landscape when shooting it. She also directed the moon to come up just above two Hollywood landmarks to make the shot more interesting. As a finishing touch, she added some clouds to reflect the moon light. I think she did a good job.
In the foreground is the Hollywood United Methodist Church and in the background is the Griffith Observatory. Both are historical landmarks, built in the 1930s. As a bit of trivia, the Observatory is a major part of the James Dean movie Rebel Without a Cause.
(taken with a Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 80-200 f2.8 lens)
-Featured in the group AMERICAS ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free – Expressions of Artists in January 09.-Featured in the group ImageWriting in July 09.
-Top 10 finisher in the “From Two Light Sources” challenge in the group Mood and Ambience.
-Top 10 finisher in The Moon challenge in the group ImageWriting.
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kathy s gillen...
great shot steve
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Kathy.
Clark Thompson
Steve, this is a very difficult shot to make and it came out beautifully. It has nice crisp details. I’d be very interested to know what your camera settings were… The moon appeared 14% larger that night because it was at apogee in it’s orbit around the earth. This is also known as a “wolf moon”. We won’t see it this large again until 2010. Great shot!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Clark. You are right, it was tricky and I sent you a BM giving you the gory details.
Clark Thompson
I’m sorry… make that perigee, not apogee!
Etoile de Mer
Very nice!!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Louise. Much appreciated.
Béla Török
Great capture, my friend!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Bela!
BarbaraManis
Captured beautifully, Steve!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Barbara. This was one of those rare shots where I actually prepared! I just got lucky that moon came up right where it was supposed to and the clouds were an added surprise.
Nancy Chambers
Absolutely beautiful. :)
Steve Buffington replied
Thanks Nancy!
CynLynn
fantastic Steve!!!
Steve Buffington replied
Cindy, good to hear from you and thank you.
Sharon Mau
This is so beautiful and absolutely amazing!!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Sharon. And as a note, you won’t see that view with both land marks in it in any post card. There is only one damn roof that has that angle and all other angles have buildings or trees in the way. A pain to get to, but worth it.
Joanne Bradley
Mother Nature sure was compliant this evening! A magical shot!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Joanne. Well, I have to make up for the lack of snow don’t I?
Luann Ryan
Definitely a special moment captured, very beautiful !!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you. It worked out well. I was nervous. Seemed like a shot that would not be there for some time to come, so I didn’t want to screw it up.
Carol Berliner
Great shot love it
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Carol!
Jawaher
Incredible shot Steve. I was at a memorial service that evening so I missed it. I am assuming this was taken Saturday, Jan 10 and I’m sure that is the church at Highland and Franklin, right? I live not too very far from there. Val
Steve Buffington replied
Hello Val. Sorry you missed the chance. Obviously more important business. You are right about which church it is and about the date. I was ready and in place when the moon came up. But it was the next night that suprised me. I thought I’d have another chance and the moon came up nowhere near these landmarks and also came up about an hour after sundown. Completely different and no where near as magical. Until then I had no idea I had been so lucky with the composition of the shot. Thanks Val. We are certainly cruisen the same neighborhood!
Antanas
Great capture
Steve Buffington
Thank you very much! Amazing we can comment on each other’s art from opposites sides of globe.
Etoile de Mer
This is so great! Lovely colors and light…well done!!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Louise. I don’t think I’ll see this kind of a shot again for a while, so I was pleased it came out so well.
emolena
WOW !!! AMAZING PHOTO !!!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you for such a great comment. Appreciated.
Diane Schuster
I think that both you and mother nature did a great job! Fantastic shot! Dee
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Dee. Agreed, we worked together on it.
lorilee
Enchanting!!!1
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Lori. That is a good word for this one. Maybe it should have been the title.
Meike
Gosh! This is wonderful pretty!!
Steve Buffington replied
Thanks Meike!
coffeetea
beautiful night shot. perfectly done, steve. susan
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Susan. Luck was with me.
Maria Murphy
AWESOME !!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Maria. I was pleased. Most of my shots are not thought out before hand. This one was.
Lisawv
Beautiful shot Steve!
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you Lisa.
linda858100
awesome
Lisa Jones
I envy you on this shot! Stunning capture!!
Steve Buffington replied
Thanks Lisa and thank you for he fav. I always take another artist favoring my work as quite an acknowledgement.
LYN EVANS
Absolutely stunning!!!!
Erhan OZBIYIK
Great capture Steve..
:)
Heloisa Castro
amazing work
Shane Viper
Everything fell into place for you, well done on this hsot
cdwork
Wonderful, magical Shot
Steve Buffington replied
Thank you very much. Some shots just happen, but this one was well planned out. But I learned that WHERE the moon comes up is not at all consistent day to day and I got lucky on this one. Again, thanks and appreciated.
Anne-Marie Bok...
Steve Buffington replied
Hey AM, great news. Thank you. I gave up on Tiger shots and took up moons!—Steve
Cora Wandel
Steve Buffington
Fantastic Cora! Thank you!—Steve
Anne-Marie Bok...
Well I guess that depends on what you see first he… The Tiger or the Moon…lol!
CraigsMom
How cool is this?