Originally posted by photoptimist Nice photos and cool scenery!
That's the kind of scenery that begs revisiting and can ultimately lead to some awesome images.
That little "bonsai" tree on the right is screaming for a moon-nestled-in-tree image or some other composition combining the moon & tree at similar scale. With a fullish moon it would be like a lunar scoop of ice cream on a tree-cup. Or get closer to the tree and make the moon look like an egg in a nest. Shooting a pre-dawn moonrise and some days before a new moon might get an awesome crescent moon that echos the shape of the tree. (You'll probably want the K-1 for the crescent moon because you'll need a pretty high ISO to stop the moon's motion plus you might need to stop-down a bit to get both the tree and moon with the DoF.)
Thanks! I agree 100% and have revisited this many times over the years. I ski by here all winter and ride by on my mountain bike all summer. It's also a popular zone with other local photogs and we have all done the moon in the tree shot.
I took a few last night too but the composition wasn't balanced enough for my eye.
I just searched my Flickr stream for "Hartman Rocks", the name of the area and I have
562 photos with that tag.
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Here is a K-1 shot of the moon in the tree. Not quite perfect as the DR was hard to manage but the clouds were pretty sweet that night.