Moonlight, Lake Lowell
Just about when everyone else packs up and leaves because it is too dark, I begin my quest for a great photograph. I love shooting after the sun has set. Some of my best images were 20-30 minutes after the sun has gone down. The light is wonderful. The only problem is that there is not very much of it, so you must use a tripod.
On this evening, I was out with Christeena and we also had our 11 year old son with us. We had picked him up from his Boy Scout meeting and went directly to the lake. He was not very excited to be there, and when he kept hearing me say, “Just one more…this is the last one,” and then I would see something else and have to shoot another image. Both he and Christeena had packed up and were in the truck waiting for me as I continued shooting.
This image was shot well after the sun had set. The moon is rising over the lake and there is still enough light in the sky to get good definition in the clouds. I love the blue color. The color is due to everything being lit from the sky. There is no more warm sunlight, just the sky and moon to provide illumination. The image is very simple. That is the strength of it.
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