Friday, May 7, 2010



This was a quick video I made of the moon rising behind my house. I liked the way that the moonlight was reflecting on the pine needles that were partially obscuring the moon. Because the moon is so bright, a very fast shutter speed is required to preserve the details of its surface craters. This means that trying to take a picture of the moon with something recognizable in the foreground (like a city skyline) is usually impossible without allowing the moon's highlights to become completely blown out. In this case, the dancing pine needles were the focus and it was OK that the moon just looked like a white orb. Unfortunately the compression inflicted by youtube ruins the only interesting thing about this video, as you can barely see the pine needles.

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