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