Moonrise

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I always wanted to shoot a picture with the rising moon. However, my attempts never turned out right. Ironically, when I finally saw the perfect motif, it was near one of the ugliest places of the Pyrenees: Piau-Engaly. We just returned from a hike which had taken us to three mountain passes and I had just crossed the creek when I saw this little tree with Miss Luna paying it a visit. I grabbed the camera for this single 250mm shot. Oct 4th 2011

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Dean

Timing is everything

Voted 10/10

and you had the good sense to grab the camera and go for it. Just a really neat shot and very deserving of Picture of the day.

Posted Oct 31, 2011 9:15 am


	Gangolf Haub	Re: Timing is everything
	Hasn't voted	Thanks, Dean. It's always the timing which marks the good shots. But moonrises are so much more difficult to capture than colourful sunsets, most of all since the moon is incredibly bright compared to the night sky. You gotta have the luck to see it before the sun goes down, but also while the sky is not too bright nor too dark. A small timeframe ...
		Posted Oct 31, 2011 4:16 pm

dmiki

wow

Voted 10/10

I really love this shot!

Posted Oct 31, 2011 9:16 am


	Gangolf Haub	Re: wow
	Hasn't voted	Glad to have pleased you ;-)
		Posted Oct 31, 2011 4:17 pm

Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Very Poetic,

Voted 10/10

"The Moon and the Tree", sounds like a collection of poems, and great lighting too.

Posted Oct 31, 2011 9:35 am


	Gangolf Haub	Re: Very Poetic,
	Hasn't voted	You know, Ejnar, I always wanted to have a collection of moon shots. I would have called them "Moonscapes". However, this is the first decent one so I guess the publication will have to wait a little :-)
		Posted Oct 31, 2011 4:12 pm

Boydie

That's just...

Voted 10/10

...an absoluely stuning photo. Hat's off to you :)
Cheers,
Stephen

Posted Oct 31, 2011 1:54 pm


	Gangolf Haub	Re: That's just...
	Hasn't voted	Hey Stephen, you can keep your hat on. I was lucky, that's all.
		Posted Oct 31, 2011 4:10 pm

goldenhopper

Amazing Gangolf!

Voted 10/10

Jawohl mein herr! ;-)

Posted Oct 31, 2011 3:41 pm


	Gangolf Haub	Re: Amazing Gangolf!
	Hasn't voted	Vielen Dank GH. GH :-)
		Posted Oct 31, 2011 4:17 pm

EricChu

Congratulations, Gangolf!

Voted 10/10

I really do adore this picture!

Posted Nov 6, 2011 5:07 am


	Gangolf Haub	Re: Congratulations, Gangolf!
	Hasn't voted	Thanks again Eric!
		Posted Nov 6, 2011 6:56 am

RoyD

The ugliest place...

Voted 10/10

which looks beautiful the way you captured it! Incredibly nice!

Thanks for posting,
Roy

Posted Nov 6, 2011 2:36 pm

Kiefer Thomas

Ditto

Voted 10/10

The sheer simplicity and raw power of this picture, Gangolf is simply astounding!
Awesome job of being in the right place at the right time!
Most excellent picture my friend!

Posted Nov 9, 2011 6:25 pm


	Gangolf Haub	Re: Ditto
	Hasn't voted	Thanks! I didn't even realize that the pic might ecome good when I shot it. Later on I mused whether I should have stayed and should have experimented with different exposures and a different lense. I'm sure if I had the blue would be a much darker hue. But would the picture be better? Finally I'm happy with it as it is, and that it took only a single shot.
		Posted Nov 10, 2011 7:19 am