On New Year's Eve, I was bound and determined to capture a photo of the Blue Moon rising over the mountains. I dragged out my tripod, and lenses, and was all set to shoot a good thirty minutes before I expected to see the moon. As it turns out, the moon was covered in cloud cover until later in the evening (when I was off partying.) I got some nice eerie shots of the moon lighting up the clouds and mountains, but not a fantastic Blue Moon shot.
It wasn't a total loss though. Sometimes the best photos end up being the ones you weren't expecting to take. While I was waiting for my Moon Rise I started snapping the sun setting.
To me, this photo says "winter" in the most beautiful way.
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Oh that's gorgeous!! Shame you didn't get to see the Blue Moon but that's a great pic!
Posted by: Mad Woman | January 02, 2010 at 01:03 AM
It is beautiful! I love the colors of the sky.
Posted by: Beth | January 02, 2010 at 04:16 AM
Much better than a moon shot. A moon is a moon is a moon.
Di
The Blue Ridge Gal
Posted by: di | January 02, 2010 at 04:52 AM
I like it! I spent an hour last evening sitting on a mountain watching the sky, waiting for just the right combination of color and light. I'm going to e-mail a couple of the pics to you but in the meantime there are a few on my blog I posted last night. (I'm a shameless plugger)http://uncommondenominators.blogspot.com/Thank you for sharing Suzanne, You definitely have an eye for composition. Stephen
Posted by: Stephen | January 02, 2010 at 07:15 AM
This is a truly beautiful photograph. Happy Twenty-Ten to you!
Posted by: Chris | January 02, 2010 at 07:17 AM
That is awesome. The hell with snow and gray skies. ;)
Posted by: Jack | January 02, 2010 at 11:14 AM
Excellent shot 24.
Posted by: Pseudo | January 02, 2010 at 03:30 PM
Wow, amazing colors in that sky. And yes, great composition!
Posted by: Maureen@IslandRoar | January 03, 2010 at 07:38 AM
That picture is wonderful.
Posted by: Zandor | January 03, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Oh, that's a great shot of winter in SoCal. We looked for the blue moon too, but never did see it because of so much cloud cover. I'll assume it was there and take away that the blue moon portends good things.
Happy 2010!
Posted by: Fragrant Liar | January 03, 2010 at 05:23 PM
We'll use our imagination and pretend there's a blue moon and it's oh so beautiful!!!!
Posted by: Midlife Slices | January 03, 2010 at 07:21 PM
You are so right!
Posted by: Momma Pixie | January 04, 2010 at 09:30 AM
This picture is beautiful.
Posted by: Kim @ Beautiful Wreck | January 11, 2010 at 05:54 PM