Fall Moon

I’m sure you can tell from my past post that I have enjoyed taking some fall photos this year. This is an attempt at going outside the box to capture autumn. This maple tree is just outside our small grocery store down the road. During the day it almost goes unnoticed as all of the foliage around it is of similar color and hue. However, at night with the street lamp illuminating it from behind makes it appear to glow. It caught my eye the other night while I was walking out. I came back last Friday night to take a photo of it. This is actually two separate photos. The first photo of the maple tree was taken with my 18-55mm lens with the sutter open for 1.3 seconds. The second photo of the moon was taken with my 100-300mm lens for 1/10 of a second. The photos were combined in Photoshop to make the final image. To my credit, the moon was in place for the shot, that I didn’t change. However, having the shutter open for 1.3 seconds will give rich color in the tree and cause the moon to look very bright and hazy.  It was slightly windy that evening, so that is why the photo of the maple is a little blurred. I’m sure if I would have waited long enough I could have got a still shot, but it was getting cold and my beer was wearing off

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