It Rained Last Night

We got three inches of rain last night hence, no Harvest Moon shot.  Tonight it is crystal clear.  Some  members in a photo club, www.focusphotoclub.com,  I belong to have some super long lenses or lenses with teleconverters where they can get great details of the moon.  I don't have but one lens, an 18mm-270mm Tamron, so I figure if you can't join them in detail then go in the opposite direction.  At 18mm this is what I got.  Also picked up the drapery reflection as well has my hand over the tower in the distance.

Double Moon

I don't really like taking a picture of anything and then immediately taking the same subject and posting it again in a short time but I could resist this moon shot. What got me was how different it was from last evenings. The first was taken from my deck and this one from the window that I take my, soon to be over, monthly shots from. Another one is due in a couple of days. I shot it on ISO 1600 thus picking up some graininess. The double moon is caused by the thermopane window. A prism if you will. The actual moon is the brighter one and if you notice you can actually see the terrain in the upper moon. I presume this is caused by the lack of brightness. Moon shots are really difficult to take without a huge lens. My lens is the Tamron 18-270mm VC DiII.

So, now I promise myself that I won't take another moon shot until.....the October Harvest Moon.

Almost To Late

I forgot about the September Harvest Moon and then again last night I forgot again. I wanted to get it coming up over the horizon. Wouldn't have this picture had it not been for my wife.

Peek-a-boo

     The morning sun coming up over the trees.
     We have had and are still in a drought situation. This puts a lot of dust into the air. The afternoon and night before we  finally got some needed rain but it didn't help the atmosphere that much.
     I was hoping for a good harvest moon shot but the clouds took care of that and having the rain was more important. It would have been the Harvest Moon on the night of the first day of fall. How unique.