Moonrise

Twin Hill Lane
Photograph by Tom Atwood

The moon gives all photographers an equal chance. Each night it's the same moon for everybody, except on nights when it's new, or hiding behind clouds. The moon is beautiful, and adds an eternal element to landscape photos, but it is also extremely difficult to photograph. It's very bright, for one thing, and tends to outshine everything around it. And it moves very fast, making long exposures almost impossible. To its credit, the moon is always on time. Comes up exactly when it's supposed to, and sets right on time. The challenge, for a photographer, is finding something interesting to put around it. In this case, clouds and a farm on Twin Hill Lane. Shutter: 1/40; Aperture: f/5.6; ISO: 100; Focal length: 200 mm (Double-click to enlarge image)