Two-Years Ago (10-August-2014) — Baltic Sea

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 71: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. At Sea.

Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC.

Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)

Seven-Years Ago (15-September-2008) — Utah

Gone to See America 2008. Moab Utah Photography Workshop with Winston Hall. Day 1: Arches National Park.

First day of a Photography Workshop and Safari with Winston Hall. He told me to always look behind as there may be a better image that I wasn’t thinking about. While we were focusing on the sunset, I turned around and saw the moon rising.

Moon rising in Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/11, 1/25 sec). (David J Mathre)
Moon rising in Arches National Park. Image taken with a Nikon D300 camera and 80-400 mm VR lens (ISO 400, 400 mm, f/11, 1/25 sec). (David J Mathre)

Four-Years Ago (15-June-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Night Sky Over New Jersey.

Late Spring Full Moon. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens + TC-E III 20 (ISO 100, 1200 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec) on a Gitzo tripod and Wimberley Head. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CS5

Late Spring Full Moon over New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens + TC-E III 20 (ISO 100, 1200 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec) on a Gitzo tripod and Wimberley Head. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CS5 (David J Mathre)
Late Spring Full Moon over New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D3x and 600 mm f/4 VR lens + TC-E III 20 (ISO 100, 1200 mm, f/16, 1/100 sec) on a Gitzo tripod and Wimberley Head. Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CS5 (David J Mathre)

Sunday (10-August-2014) — Baltic Sea

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 71: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. At Sea.

Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC.

Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Nik Define, and Photoshop CC. (David J Mathre)
Julie Alone With the Moon on the Baltic Sea. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 3200, 98 mm, f/4, 1/60 sec). (David J Mathre)

Saturday (10-December-2011) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Night Sky Over New Jersey: Bird Captured Flying Past the Full Moon.

I missed the Lunar Eclipse because I am on the east coast. The sky was clear and the moon was full, so I did take some images and DSLR videos with a Nikon D3s and 600 mm f/4 VR lens + TC-E III 20 teleconverter. The D3s is limited to a 5 minute 720p HR video, so I would keep going out  and restarting the videos. It was cold, and I wasn’t going to stay out there. The amazing thing when I started viewing the videos, on the very first one saw that I captured a bird flying across the moon. The duration of the transit was about 0.1 second. The frame-grab image from the video shows the bird in front of the moon. I think that it is a sea bird based on the wing shape, but hope that a bird expert can help with the identification. I’ve also included a video of the bird transit. The first pass is real time, the next six repeats are slowed down 10x.

Bird Flying Past Full Moon. Frame Grab from a DSLR Video taken with a Nikon D3s and 600 mm f/4 VR llens and TC-E III 20 teleconverter (David J Mathre)
Bird Flying Past Full Moon. Frame Grab from a DSLR Video taken with a Nikon D3s and 600 mm f/4 VR llens and TC-E III 20 teleconverter (David J Mathre)