Moonrise
I went out on a 12°F friday night after a week of 2 snowstorms. My intent was to photograph the city of Bethlehem, PA from a lookout on top of South Mountain at Lehigh University, instead I caught the moon rising in the east behind trees, it was huge and orange. I raced in my car on half snow-covered back roads to find a nice wide open field to get some good shots of it before it got too far off the horizon and lost all of it's flare. I found the location and quickly parked my car on the outside of a 90° corner on the back road. I rushed out and set up my tripod in the light of the moon since I forgot to bring my flashlight. I started with two 30" exposures at ISO 100 and 800. I need more shutter time so I plugged in my remote (why the D3100 doesn't work with a wireless is beyond me) and set my shutter to bulb. I captured this shot at around 75 seconds, f5.6, ISO 200, focal length 18mm. This was my first location of the night and bagging the keeper took a load off. I spent the next 2 hrs. ontop of and inside of Bethlehem. I love taking long exposures at night and enjoyed getting out on a cold night.
Thanks
-Jeff Browne
