Happy Summer (officially) to my friends in the Northern Hemisphere! This past weekend marked the summer solstice and the longest day of the 2013. We had a special treat this year having a full "Supermoon" in conjunction with the annual event.

The next night, the moon was to rise after sunset. This was the best day to photograph the
rising full moon because it would shine brighter at the darkening horizon. I set up my 600mm lens on my 5D Mark III in my back yard looking out over the
valley toward the city of Phoenix. I saw
bands of clouds low on the horizon and was disappointed that I would not get
the image I had planned in my head.
However, I thought maybe the photo gods would be good to me and give me
a peek of the full circle of moon at some point as it rose thorough my
scene. This is all I got:
These were 2 of the results I achieved by keeping an
open mind and switching gears in the field:
(I later converted them to Black and White because I
felt the treatment lent itself more to the drama of the scene.) I am very happy
with these two images that took shape creatively in the field!
This morning, I decided to make an image of my original
idea and here is the result:
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