Shooting the Moon in Rainbow Basin

The Camera Committee hosted a car camp in Rainbow Basin Natural Area last weekend. Carole Scurlock went out Friday afternoon (the night before full moon) and collected a few nice images. You can visit her gallery to see this shot and more from the weekend.

Moonrise in Rainbow Basin by Carole Scurlock

This is a collection of links to interesting or helpful pages.

• Photographing Moonset and Moonrise is a helpful PDF tips sheet from PhotoCentric.com
• Get photo tips and astronomical calculators in Moonrise and Moonset Photography Tips and Tricks (TimeandDate.com)
• Keith Cooley offers technical information on Keith's Moon Photography. It's a bit dated but numbers are numbers, right?
• Photographer Don Smith has an interesting take on planning for moonrise using software called The Photographer's Ephemeris
• Photo instuctor Jim Beecher offers lots of information in Moon Photography on PhotoKaboom.com. He shares lots of links at the bottom of the page.
• Cyndy McIntyre blogs about shooting the moon in Big Bend National Park in Winter’s Last Moon
• Moonrise over Hernandez may be the most iconic of moon shots. Ansel Anecdotes: Perspectives on Moonrise offers three versions of how the image was captured.