The full moon rose almost three weeks ago and I’m only now finding time to share this image from the night. I had captured a deep red full moon just before 8pm while there was still a bit of light in the evening sky and shared that one immediately. A few minutes later, the moon had disappeared behind a low bank of clouds and I sought a new composition.
I was able to predict a spot along Front Street from which I could capture this shot of the full moon behind Marblehead Light. I couldn’t be sure of it’s exact positioning relative to the lighthouse’s green beacon and so I waited from the moon to reappear and then quickly scrambled to this spot.
The light had dimmed in the 9 minutes since sunset and I could only focus manually and had to play with ISO to maintain a decent shutter speed. All that while trying to get a symmetrical view of the moon behind Marblehead Light. With more than a bit of luck, I ended up with this capture and was able to bring out the details in the boats and the flag waving in the night sky.