Being There

I could say I was at the right place at the right time the other evening, but I new that a full moon rise photo was a possibility that night.

After pizza on the beach with my wife Natasha and daughter Heather we were walking the beach and I was taking photos of the clouds illuminated by the setting sun.

York Harbor Beach Maine

Clouds on the eastern horizon did not bode well for seeing the moon rise and I was not really looking for it concentrating on the colorful clouds. All of sudden we all saw the full moon peak above the ocean .I had a wide angle lens on and had to quickly change to a telephoto to capture the shots I wanted.

York Harbor Beach Maine

I also wanted to photograph the moon light reflecting on the ocean so I switched to a shorter telephoto wide angle lens and took a few more moon photos before it disappeared behind the clouds.

York Harbor Beach Maine

I thought later that maybe I should have had a tripod to steady the camera and this, would have allowed me to photograph at a lower ISO , but that might have taken longer to set up and I could not have shot as quickly. Maybe technically the photos could’ve been better.The experience and sharing with Natasha and Heather was more important than getting a perfect image.