Scouted out a nice high spot to catch the Harvest Moon Rise on the Perigee.  Was also planed to shoot the Syzygy (Lunar Eclipse), but that, unfortunately, was clouded out.  I did get some really nice consolation prizes – and they pretty much speak for themselves.  All shot on the Canon 6D and the Tamron 150-600 mm, and these are presented with minimal processing (a little unmask, and some tonal adjustment – no saturation added).

The general scene looking SE before Moonrise.

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At 600mm, 1/500s:

Creative vertical crop:

Of course,  at this low elevation the atmosphere creates some distortion, but I like the vibe!

The moon soon rose behind the deck of alto-cu.  Meanwhile, this was the scene 180 degrees around – the alto-cu was under-lit by the the setting Sun!  At 150mm (I didn’t bring my wide lenses!):

Soon the moon returned

Crop of above image (at 600mm):

I then noticed the Moon was ‘playing nicely’ with the alto-cu and I was feeling creative!  I rather liked the blown out Moon as a contrast to the texture of the alto-cu!

450mm, 1/200s:

I was noticing some colour in the alto-cu as it was illuminated by the Moon – iridescence cased by water droplets of just the correct size.  The show was on!!  400mm:

273mm, 1/25s:

These colours were all visible to the naked eye!  150mm, 1/25s:

213mm, 1/50s:

600mm, 1/400s

500mm, 1/80s:

191mm, 1/13s:

600mm, 1/50s:

600mm, 1/50s

150,mm, 1/15s:

150. 1/6s:

150, 1/8s:

165, 1/13s:

Lotsa fun!!