Winter Moon, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley

Dune Moon, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Big Moon, Yosemite

Foothill Moonrise, Sierra Foothills, California

Sunrise Moonset, Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills, California

Sunset Moonrise, Tunnel View, Yosemite

Moonrise, Monument Valley

Moon!, Half Dome, Yosemite

Moonset, Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills, California

Half Dome Half Moon, Yosemite

Spring Moon, Half Dome, Yosemite

Supermoon, Half Dome and El Capitan, Yosemite

Moonrise, Hopi Point, Grand Canyon

Bristlecone Moon, White Mountains, California

Bristlecone Moonrise, Patriarch Grove, White Mountains, California

Autumn Moonrise, El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite

Heaven and Earth, New Moon and Venus, Sierra Foothills

Goodnight Moon, Sierra Foothills, California

Crescent Moon and Oaks at Dusk, Sierra Foothills, California Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 1.6 seconds F/11.0 ISO 400 330 mm

Moonset, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Comet PanSTARRS and New Moon, Haleakala, Maui

Moonset, Soberanes Point, Big Sur

Setting Moon, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley

New Day, Half Dome and Crescent Moon, Yosemite

Snowy November Moonrise, El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite

Sunrise Moonset, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley

Here’s one matrix/evaluative metering would have made a mess of. The dynamic range (range of light between the darkest shadows and brightest highlights) was off the charts. Rather than try to compromise, I decided to expose to hold the color in the sky and let the foreground go to silhouette.

Sunrise Trio, El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite

Moonrise, Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Crescent at Sunset, Sierra Foothills, California

Tree and Crescent, Sierra Foothills, California

Sunset Pastoral, Sierra Foothills

Cradled Crescent, Sierra Foothills