Somewhere between Galice and Agness, Oregon (July 2015)

Posted on November 29th, 2023 under outside of ashland. Tags: landscape, moon, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river. Comments Off on Moon rise over the Wild & Scenic Rogue River

Posted on April 22nd, 2022 under nature. Tags: moon, night photography, Nikkor Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50. Comments Off on Full moon from Ashland

Full moon through the trees (Ashland, Oregon – April 2020)

Posted on July 7th, 2021 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens, moon, night photography, Nikon D500, trees. Comments Off on Full moon madness

Posted on May 18th, 2020 under only in ashland. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens, moon, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Full moon over Ashland

Last month’s eclipse in Ashland was a no go thanks to cloud cover. However, the moon looked lovely the next night when the skies were clearer.

Posted on February 15th, 2019 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: moon, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Day after the eclipse

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My random, desktop image of the day comes from three summers ago.

Posted on June 8th, 2018 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: landscape, moon, night photography, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river. Comments Off on Flashback Friday

Last week there was a full moon and Jupiter (the bright point below and to the left of the moon) was close to the moon. With a few wispy clouds buzzing across the sky it was all too much for me to resist so I headed out into the cold darkness for this photo.

Posted on December 3rd, 2012 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: moon, night photography, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Full moon with Jupiter

I have shown you a photo of this house all decorated up for Halloween on the corner of Morton Street and Siskiyou Blvd before, but this is the first time after dark.

Posted on November 1st, 2012 under only in ashland. Tags: halloween, houses, moon, night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Ashland’s spider house under a full moon

I have always had problems photographing the moon. Even the fullest of moons are difficult to have, with details, in any photo of something else. Night photography frequently involves leaving the shutter open for a few seconds and then things get even worse. The moon ends up looking more like lens flare than the highlight of your photo.

A couple weeks back we had an eclipse. I didn’t stay up for it, even though the sky was clear, because it wasn’t scheduled to happen until 4 a.m. and by then I thought the moon may be behind a mountain if I tried to view it from home. Even if it wasn’t, it would have been on the non-window side of my house which meant I would have had to go outside in below freezing temperatures in order to get a peak. So, instead, I took this photo much earlier in the evening from inside my house.

Contrary to intuition, leaving your shutter open longer to photograph the moon is a bad idea. A fast shutter speed and low ISO are key to achieving any kind of detail. I shot this photo (which has been significantly cropped) at 200mm at f/2.8 with an exposure of just 1/2500 of a second.

Posted on December 28th, 2011 under nature. Tags: moon, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, photography. Comments: 1