Morning Moon Photography

Setting Moon in the Wishbone Tree © Claudia Ward
Nikon D60, 55-200mm zoom at 62mm, ISO 100, f/11 for 1/100 second taken at 7:07 a.m.

The day before a full moon, the moon does everything "before" the sun - it rises before the sun sets and it sets before the sun rises. On the day of a full moon, the moon and the sun rise and set very close to the same time, and the day after a full moon, the moon will rise and set nearly an hour after the sun. Thus it was on December 11th, as the sun was getting ready to appear on the eastern horizon, the moon was still quite high over the western horizon.

Setting Moon in the Arms of the Wishbone Tree © Claudia Ward
Nikon D 60 55-200mm at 55mm, ISO 100, f/11 for 1/100 second taken at 7:06 a.m.

We live on a tree-lined street on the east end of Long Island and directly across the street is a tree I have dubbed "the wishbone tree", for what I hope are obvious reasons. Over the years, I have enjoyed watching brilliant sunsets offset this tree in dark silhouette, and sometimes during the summer the sun even sets directly between its arms. Well, the moon is now nearly as far north as it's going to be and the morning after the full moon, it set directly between those arms.

Moon Setting During Early Morning Blue Hour © Claudia Ward
Nikon D90, 18-55mm at 22mm, ISO 200, f/14 for 10 seconds taken at 6:44 a.m. 

These are the images I was able to capture, and one was even  in the final moments of the blue hour! Let me know what you think.

 

Comments

[Claudia]

I agree Ally, the color was so subtle, and the morning was quite and "cool".

[Ally de Groat]

I love the colours in the first one- really so pretty!
thank you.