One of my favorite aspects of creating a Top 10 list each year is going through the 240+ images shared in a given year and appreciating the unique opportunities I’ve had the fortune to capture. Just as yesterday’s image of fireworks could easily have been a #1 favorite in any other year, it’s hard to believe this image of a total lunar eclipse (or blood moon) juxtaposed against Abbot Hall isn’t in the top spot.
This was easily the most difficult capture of the year and required pre-planning and rapid alterations to those plans when the reality of shooting this particular blood moon hit me. For all that work though, this final image ended up better than I ever could have hoped. For sheer difficulty and the incredible rarity of this site, the total lunar eclipse and Abbot Hall cements the #2 spot in the Top 10 of 2015 Countdown.