On Wednesday, September 30th, the day before it would be a truly full moon, I headed to Crocker Park hoping to capture the Harvest Moon. I had checked the location of the moonrise and found that the timing and weather conditions were far better for the day before it became officially full. With that in mind, I also thought I would revisit an old favorite composition I captured from this spot almost ten years prior.
I arrived at Crocker Park and found several families there as well as a few dogs on leashes. As the sun set, I captured a few shots but mostly played with this composition and decided that the fall foliage near the middle of the tree and the two benches with a nearly full harbor beyond made up for the green fencing that I had no way of avoiding.
As the moon rose, I had to bracket shots to balance the focus on the nearby tree and the distant boats, houses and Harvest Moon. As it turned out, I hadn’t taken the card out of the camera until this morning and, as soon as I saw this image, knew I needed to get working on it. So without further ado, here is the Harvest Moonrise from Crocker Park.