The Flower Moon was actually on May 1, but April 30 (when these photos were taken) was better from a photography point of view. Why, you ask? Because moonrise was an hour later on May 1, well after sunset, and it would be semi-dark. If all you want is a picture of the moon, May 1 would work fine. If you want some foreground in your photos, April 30 works much better.
April 30, about 7:15PM on a beautiful, clear evening. Still no moon visible to the east, but some nice color in the sky looking west. I really enjoy full moon nights when moonrise and sunset times are close together!
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| Ah, hello beautiful! 7:29PM. Moonrise was 7:01PM, but the haze was blocking visibility earlier. |
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| 7:50PM - dark blue sky. |
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| It's dark enough that I need my headlamp, which does a nice job lighting up the leaves! |
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| Good for future Halloween posts! |
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| Photoshop creation... In honor of the Flower Moon! |
