Mt. Rainier Moonrise

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 25, 2010233 views9 comments

I had fun playing with maps and the photographer' ephemeris to predict the best spot to take this photo. A beautiful PNW night with a moonlit hike off the peak at night.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on July 25, 2010 at 4:43 PM

Classic type of view here. Works great as a pano and would probably sell wee as a fine print. Nice work getting the moon and alpenglow to align so nicely.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on July 25, 2010 at 5:25 PM

Great elements combined in this Jeff. Great work and capture.

Bob

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Comment posted by Eric Good on July 25, 2010 at 8:27 PM

You can't go wrong with that peak, alpenglow, the Earth's shadow and the moon. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 25, 2010 at 8:46 PM

Different light on my favorite mountain. Pano works well and alpenglow is fantastic...... Ditto Eric's comment and beautiful capture.

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Comment posted by Rodney Ninow on July 25, 2010 at 9:37 PM

Very nice image. I'd like to see the moon a bit higher in the sky and further left. Perhaps not easy to achieve, at least the positioning left or right.

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Comment posted by Tyson Fisher on July 26, 2010 at 2:35 PM

Awesome!

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Comment posted by Jeff Ross on July 26, 2010 at 7:55 PM

Thanks for all the nice comments. There aren't too many full moon/clear day opportunities on the rainy side of Rainier, so it was nice to actually visualize a shot in advance and then have it turn out somewhat as planned.

Rodney, I agree that it would have been a nice shot to have the moon higher in the sky, but the alpenglow was gone and it was too dark to photograph. I'm paying a little more attention to moon cycles, so hopefully I can get a shot later this year where the moon is higher in the sky at dusk.

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Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on July 27, 2010 at 7:11 PM

That moon is a wonderful element--nice one!

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Comment posted by Rodney Ninow on July 28, 2010 at 1:04 AM

Jeff, each day the moon rises about 50 minutes later in the day. On the day of the full moon, it will rise after the sun has set. So the best time to get this shot might be 2 or 3 days before the actual full moon.

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