Juno Pier (November 11, 2011)

Whenever you photograph the moon, you hope to get the Man on the Moon effect.  You want to see the surface area of the moon on your photograph. 

If you shoot the moon rising, it will be reddish orange. It has the same spectrum of color of a rising or setting sun. The scattering of blue light that causes the blue sky we see, results in the same color color cast of a moon or sunrise.  The moon rise is beautiful to capture if you are lucky.

In the evening when the moon is visible and high in the sky,  it shines white and bright and it is still a challenge to photograph.  When you do, the light you capture with a simple and a familiar backdrop can be dramatic.

Did I capture the Man on the Moon effect here? No, but the lighting was significant.