Moon Landing 40th

I was hoping others would post a moon picture to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first man on the moon. Please feel free to post them here or start your own post.

The first pic has been manipulated! The moon was down the bank about half mile and didn't have a good enough foreground. So, I moved the moon over. Other times of the year it will come up over there in the real moonrise location and I need to time it out right to get the real shot composed. But for now and today, here ya go!

I wanted the lake to have the cool blue feel so I dropped the temp down in the camera until I liked the color. Then raised it back up for the moonrise.

I guess my shot goes along with "did they fake the moon landing"?

Here is the original location of the moonrise.

Feel free to move the moon all you want! I like the new location much better!

Mike, interesting environment but it's too bad the bald cypress trees are dead or dying. This happens when an area is permanently flooded. Bald cypress don't do well standing in 3 or more feet of water year round. This was once a swamp with natural fluctuations, then man raised and stabilized the water level for recreation. Also, bald cypress trees need bare soil for seeds to germinate together with enough of a drought period for the growth to top the highest water level or they drown. The same goes for water tupelo trees. You can look back at major 3- to 5-year droughts over the centuries to compare that with the start of bald cypress trees. In Southern Illinois swamps, I aged bald cypress trees using an increment borer and counting initial growth rings going back to droughts in the teens of the 1900s, the 1930s dust bowl and the early 1950s. Some droughts can be good for some species.

Best,
Don

Thanks Tim!!! That's what I'm talking about! Thanks for the preview to your new book too! I can't wait to get a copy. I've been meaning to do some multiple exposures and need to get on the ball. Very cool shot Tim!

Post em' guys! I know you got them.

A night landing

Nice one Tim.

This is from several years ago with my first digital camera, an olympus c-2100 ultrazoom.
I don't usually fake pictures but I did this one because I was facing about due south for this and the moon was in the west.

Nice work everyone!

My first moon attempt

That's crisp Aaron. I have one almost that crisp, but too much haze that night. I eventually will get away from the city lights and give a try.

Ken has what I was looking for. Nice scenic supported by the moon. Fake or not, it's fun to play with the moon.

Mike that is really a cool picture you blended together. I think it would look a little more real if the moon were smaller. Neat shots from everyone.