full moon

The Snow Moon rises over Childrens Island

With each new full moon, I have been trying to find a unique vantage point from which to shoot it.  The last one, the Wolf Moon, proved tricky as it came up quite a bit after sunset making for difficult shooting conditions.  The Snow Moon cooperated in regards to time of rise but some low lying clouds threw a wrench in my plans. Starting at 4 pm, I made my way around town scouting out locations from which to shoot the moon rise.  I contemplated and dismissed four different spots before deciding to head up to Fort Sewall for the [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:06:20-05:00February 13th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

The Wolf Moon Rises over the Pier

So I had to look up the name for January's full moon and was surprised to see it called the Wolf Moon.  On Sunday night, the moon was just about full and I headed to the private beach at the end of Corn Point Road to await its arrival.  Clouds arrived instead and I had to settle for the long exposure image posted yesterday. I returned Monday night after racing straight from work and got to the beach just as the light of sunset faded.  I quickly scampered onto the beach and setup where I expected the moon to rise. [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:06:21-05:00January 18th, 2012|Categories: moon|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

The Harvest Moon rises near Abbot Hall

The Harvest Moon rose last night and I had planned out a perfect vantage point to capture it.  Then I noticed the clouds at the horizon and had to quickly come up with a plan B.  Turns out that plan B was waiting on the corner of Village Street and Highland Terrace.  I carefully maneuvered the camera to the top of the fence while on my tiptoes and used it as a makeshift tripod while grabbing this shot.  The moon ended up rising a bit too early and too fast so it lacked the color typical of the Harvest Moon. [...]

By |2013-06-16T08:38:04-04:00October 12th, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

The Harvest Moon rises over Crowninshield Island

Tonight's Harvest Moon took a while to get through the low-lying haze but, when it did, put on quite a show.  I set up at Grace Oliver beach to capture the moon as it rose along the edge of Crowninshield Island.  I kept chasing the moon as it rose from spots along Beacon street but this was the best of the bunch.

By |2014-04-20T17:06:01-04:00September 13th, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

The Sturgeon Moon rises over Devereux Beach

The Full Moon was due to rise on Saturday, August 13th but clouds threatened to block its ascent.  I plotted out where the Sturgeon moon was due to rise and struggled with a landmark that would capture the town of Marblehead as well as the beauty of moonrise.  It was when I noticed its position in relation to Devereux beach that I had my answer.  After making a study of the lifeguard chairs, I knew they would feature in this image.  I backed up so that I could fit the chair and the moon's path with my 200mm lens that [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:06:28-05:00August 18th, 2011|Categories: moon|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments