On July 11th in the evening, July 12th in the early morning, and again on July 12th the following evening, I had the privledge of photographing the full SuperMoon of July 2014.
It was so bright and, though I couldn't see it at its peak of large-scale-wonder on either horizon due to a lot of haze there, it was pretty once it got higher in the night sky.
On the night of July 11th and 12th the skies were fairly clear until about morning. Then on the night of the 12th, when most people were out on the east coast to watch the full supermoon, it was rather cloudy. Despite the clouds, I had a blast shooting photos of the moon in and out of the clouds, it was like playing a game of hide-n-seek with Mr. Moon.
Stunning, right?!
I slept a little on the night of the 11th, but got up again around 3:30am and took pictures until I had to be at work (5:45AM). This perticular photo makes the moon look like the sun, yet it was truly that bright in the night sky!
I happened to look out the window on Saturday evening, July 12th, and that's when I saw the red moon. I hightailed it to my room and grabbed my camera and tripod and raced up onto the roof.
The light was still out from sunset, but it was getting dark at around 9:00PM.
The clouds made a neat haze over the moon, but the red tones were the best part.
Then as the moon continued to rise and the clouds engulfed it, the games began. I kept shooting the moon and it kept slipping in and out of clouds. It was so orange, and eventually turned to more yellow tones as the night wore on.
This is my new favorite photo of the moon that I've taken this year!
I really like how the clouds in the foreground create the effect of the moon rising up over a mountain's peak.
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