Ring around the moon

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 3, 2010114 views11 comments

While camping in the Catavina desert in central Baja, I woke up in the middle of the night to find a bright ring around the moon. It was very difficult to frame the moon against these cactii, since it was fairly dark and I couldn't make out the outline of the cactii in my viewfinder. Anyway, after several tries here is what came out...

Canon Dig Rebel XT
17-85 IS lens
30 sec
f4

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Zack Clothier on March 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM

Very otherworldly, nice simple comp with a great subject.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on March 3, 2010 at 9:03 PM

a real air of mystery to this - great job, Daniel, I like it

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on March 3, 2010 at 9:10 PM

Daniel,

Very nicely done The parahelia is very visble and the moon is not overbright. Just all around a very good image.

PAul

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on March 3, 2010 at 9:42 PM

Straight out of some sci-fi novel or movie. Very cool. I love the hints of reflection on the catci.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 3, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Very unique. You should do a "strange cacti" series. Neat way to showcase both the cacti and the moon.

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on March 4, 2010 at 12:27 AM

Out of this world, great composition to compliment the ring!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 4, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Very unique and power graphic look to this. Cool.

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Comment posted by Daniel Cartamil on March 4, 2010 at 1:43 PM

Thank you all for the comments, much appreciated. The nice thing about this is that it prints out very clean, taken at ISO 100.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on March 4, 2010 at 2:07 PM

That's a very cool effect. A nice job capturing this phenomenon.

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Comment posted by Tyson Fisher on March 4, 2010 at 6:01 PM

I like the stark contrast and simplicity. Pretty neat you were able to capture the moon's rays. Well done!

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on March 5, 2010 at 8:08 AM

Wonderful! I love the mood here. Nice work, Daniel.

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