Moon
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Moonset, Manly Beacon from Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
Sunset Moonrise, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite
Moon and Morning Star, Yosemite
Goodnight Moon, Sierra Foothills, California
Winter Dawn, Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills, California
Cradled Crescent, Sierra Foothills
Moonrise, Hopi Point, Grand Canyon
Heaven and Earth, New Moon and Venus, Sierra Foothills
Nightfall, Full Moon and Yosemite Valley, Yosemite
Moon Dance, Half Dome, Yosemite
Moonrise, El Capitan and Cloud’s Rest, Yosemite
Moonrise, Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe
Yosemite Silhouette, Crescent Moon w/El Capitan and Half Dome
Sunset Pastoral, Sierra Foothills
Moonset, Candlestick Butte, Canyonlands National Park
Foothill Moonrise, Sierra Foothills, California
Moon!, Half Dome, Yosemite
Whitney Arch Moonset, Alabama Hills, California
New Day, Half Dome and Crescent Moon, Yosemite
Snowy November Moonrise, El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite
Winter Moonrise, Full Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite
Bristlecone Moonrise, Patriarch Grove, White Mountains, California
Moon Over East Mitten, Monument Valley
Sunrise Trio, El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite
Moonset, Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills, California
Moonrise, Merced River Canyon and Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite
Moonrise Through the Trees, Yosemite
Foothill Crescent, Sierra Foothills, California
Moonset, Soberanes Point, Big Sur
Half Dome Half Moon, Yosemite
Moonrise Reflection, Leidig Meadow, Yosemite
Supermoon, Half Dome and El Capitan, Yosemite
Crescent Moon and Oaks at Dusk, Sierra Foothills, California
Comet PanSTARRS and New Moon, Haleakala, Maui
Dune Moon, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Moonlight, Garrapata Beach, Big Sur
Spring Moon Reflection, Half Dome, Yosemite
Setting Moon, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
Sunset Moonrise, Tunnel View, Yosemite
Winter Supermoon, Half Dome, Yosemite
Goodbye Moon, Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills, California
Winter Moon, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
Sunrise Moonset, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
Crescent at Sunset, Sierra Foothills, California
Winter Moon, Half Dome, Yosemite
Sunset Moonrise Reflection, Bridalveil Fall, Valley View, Yosemite
Twilight Moonrise, El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite
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.
Magenta Moonrise, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite
Tree and Crescent, Sierra Foothills, California
Moonstar, Bryce National Park, Utah
Big Moon, Valley View, Yosemite
Mono Moonrise, South Tufa, Mono Lake
Autumn Moon Reflection, Half Dome, Yosemite
Captive Crescent, El Capitan and Half Dome Yosemite
