Much more of the moon and morning light

©2015 Barry Smith - Fading edge of the moon - early Wednesday morning

Mostly on Wednesday I post on photos from my Monday and Wednesday early morning walks; but this week has been different - the morning moon and associated morning light has been special; and though I have put up a couple of images on FB I thought I'd like to share a few more on the blog. That is an indulgence I know…..

The photos were taken over two mornings - Monday and Tuesday - around the same time between 5.30am-6am. However, the actual moonset on Tuesday was a fair bit later and so the colour was washed out by the rising sun.

©2015 Barry Smith - Maximum telephoto on Iphone - pixilated light - Monday

First the contrasting valley light on the two days - iPhone panoramas.

©2015 Barry Smith - Dark valley vista with bright setting moon on Monday

©2015 Barry Smith - Valley vista with very pale dot of setting moon in line with the bright dot above - on Tuesday

And then the contrasting colour of the moon.

©2015 Barry Smith - Monday's moon higher in the sky less atmospheric interference

©2015 Barry Smith - Monday's moon higher in the sky less atmospheric interference

©2015 Barry Smith - Dropping to the horizon Monday

©2015 Barry Smith  - Taking on golden colour closer to the horizon

©2015 Barry Smith - Dropping below the tree line on western hills

©2015 Barry Smith - All but gone from view - becoming someone else's moonset

©2015 Barry Smith - Greyer light of Tuesday

©2015 Barry Smith - Pale moon in a grey sky - Tuesday

©2015 Barry Smith - Pale moon in a grey sky - Tuesday

©2015 Barry Smith - Pale moon with bird - Tuesday - losing definition with more sunlight light - lucky shot of the bird skimming across the pale moon

I felt it was worth being up early to capture this light and moon. The more clearly defined telephoto photos were taken with the Canon Powershot.

©2015 Barry Smith - Soft light in the valley.

And the light in the valley on Tuesday.