Moonrise over Tucson

I went up to A Mountain to watch a later moonrise over downtown Tucson tonight.  The clouds made for interesting skies.  In this first image, you can see the bright moon through the clouds and to its left is the planet Jupiter.  Downtown is at the left edge of the image.  This image was taken with my 50mm f/1.8 lens and an exposure of 6 seconds at f/11, ISO 1600.

This second image was taken with my 24mm f/1.8 lens and an exposure of 6 seconds at f/11, ISO 1600.

Zooming in on the downtown area shows the tallest buildings in Tucson.  This image was taken with my 75-300mm telephoto lens at 130mm focal length with an exposure of 3 seconds at f/11, ISO 1600.

Saguaro Moonrise

With the sun setting behind me, I watched the Moon over the hills to the east and couldn't resist a shot of it behind this well armed saguaro cactus as I hiked back to the trailhead.  This image was taken with my 50mm f/1.8 lens with an exposure of 1/250 seconds at f/8, ISO 400.

IR in the desert

I took my new Canon 70D out for a little day hike in the desert and decided to see how it does with an infrared filter (a Hoya R72).  Here are some samples:

 This is a white light image showing the Moon rising over the hills nearby.  This exposure was made with my 75-300mm zoom at 75mm focal length with an exposure of 1/250 seconds at f/11, ISO 200.

This is the same composition with the Hoya R72 IR filter in place.  The exposure was 2 seconds at f/4, ISO 200.  I converted the original to B&W with the GIMP and a simple desaturate followed by a little curve stretching.

This is the original frame before desaturating the image.  The exposure was 2 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 400 with my 50mm f/1.8 lens on my 70D.

This is the same frame, desaturated and stretched a little with the curves tool in the GIMP.

This is the white light version of the above.  The exposure was 1/350 seconds at f/8, ISO 400 with my 50mm f/1.8 lens.

Moonrise over Tucson II

Here's another view of Wednesday night's moonrise. Turns out my friend Dave was set up only a few hundred feet away taking photos of the moonrise. This image was taken with my 75-300mm lens at 130mm focal length with an exposure of 2 seconds at f/8, ISO 100.

Moon rise over Tucson

We had a pretty full Moon rise over Tucson today. On the way home, I detoured partway up Sentinal Peak (A Mountain) to get this view over downtown Tucson. This image was taken with my 75-300mm zoom at 75mm focal length with an exposure of 4 seconds at f/8, ISO 100.

Moonrise at Port Allen

The nearly full Moon rises above the Earth's shadow shortly after sunset at Port Allen. The waves crashing on the volcanic rocks was quite pretty as we headed back to the car. This image was taken at 33mm focal length with a circular polarizer and an exposure of 1/160 seconds at f/5, ISO 400.

Moonrise wave

A wave crashes over the lava rocks just outside the entrance to Port Allen as the nearly full Moon rises in the background. The splashing waves were quite spectacular, especially as the sun began to set and magic hour progressed. This image was taken at 33mm focal length with a circular polarizer with an exposure of 1/160 seconds at f/8, ISO 400.