Waning gibbous moon shines through clouds over Neuse River
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Wednesday night I saw the moon shining through these neat cloud structures from my front yard... I ran inside, grabbed the Bogen and Canon Rebel and ran over to the fishing pier on the Neuse River at Lou-Mac park.
This shot was taken 120 feet from the shore on the end of the fishing pier, facing northeasterly. Locals and some of my regular blog visitors will recognize the promontory of land on the lower left as Whittaker Point.
Have a great Skywatch Friday everyone!
I look forward to seeing the other Skywatch pictures from around the world on the other SWF sites listed at:
Oh, by the way, here are the technicals:
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
ISO 1600
Exposure Time 5 sec.
F-stop 3.5
Focal length 18 mm.
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13 comments:
Now that is a very interesting sky, well captured
Amazing shot. Can't believe the moon's light reflected on the water even through the clouds. Cool!
Island Rambles:
"Cannon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-55 mm 1.35-5.6 II" is what it says on the front.
I like the range, but I think "18 mm" is a little deceiving... Widest angle (as in this photo) seems to me to be equivalent to about a 24mm or 28mm lens on an analog 35mm camera... I've been told the discrepancy I think has something to do with the size of the light sensor surface or some such, but I don't yet understand all that... I am still trying to cope with digital cameras with my analog mind.
Ta.
Thats an awesome shot!! Happy SWF
That is one scarry looking sky, all
those dark and ominous clouds...
Wow -- what an unusual shot...
Super nice...
so perfect, I love it. Moonlight is my favorite light.
Waw! Great picture, well done!
Beautiful picture.
I love this picture, it almost looks like a science fiction backdrod. Very nice.
Very moody and mysterious. The sky looks so close, and just slightly ominous. I love this photo, love the entire feel of it.
Great capture, Captain Ben! Although, I am am afraid they aren't mammatus. Mammatus are my absolute FAVORITE clouds and they actually look like bubbles in the sky, or more true to name like mammaries, dangling from a cloud base. When you see them, you will know it.
You have captured an altocumulus, mackerel sky. Very cool clouds!!
For some amazing mammatus photography, check out Mike Hollingshead's site. He is an incredible storm chaser/photographer, with a nack for catching the most amazing perspective on a storm.
Thanks, dewdrop, for correcting my misidentification... it is kind of hard to match what I see in cloud descriptions & photos in weather books with what I see in real world.
Now I can see the difference, however... thanks for the reference to some excellent mamatus photos.
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