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