Delta Lake State Park

After the weather this past weekend I wasn’t thinking I would get a chance to see the Buck Moon this month. I generally have better luck for the right conditions if I capture the full moon as it sets in the morning. I like to have the moon set between thirty and sixty minutes after the sunrise. This allows enough light into the sky to allow the moon to not be a bright white blob in the sky.

The moon was playing hide-n-seek with the remaining clouds but I went to Delta Lake on the chance it would peek out before crossing the horizon. I only live five minutes from the park but when I got in the car the moon was still behind the clouds. As I pulled through the entrance, the moon was visible but heading toward another patch of clouds. I immediately stopped and grabbed this image of the moon over the pond at the front of the park.

The sun was still far below the horizon and with the moon racing to hide from me I was only able to get this one image. As you can see due to the longer exposure the moon is an over exposed white ball. I still had time… time to get to the beach area.

I was needed to be patient. The clouds were moving as much as the moon was marching toward the horizon. I spent the time looking for an interesting foreground. Sadly, not a lot of options so I settled on the life guard chair.

One more. Can I find another image?

Sunrise! Look at the colors flooding the clouds.

I got it! I do love me a good reflection.

I walk out to the point on the right side of the beach area. I like the orange on the buoy. Bingo!

I’ll end this one with the same info from June..

July’s full moon is the Buck moon. A couple years ago I had a great time trying to capture as many of the full moons as possible and learned quite a bit about them in the process. In case you missed the first Strawberry moon post, you can view it here: Buck Moon. You can also see more posts related to the moon using this link: Full Moon posts.