The Moon, how definite its orb! (fragment) by Samuel Coleridge
The Moon, how definite its orb!
Yet gaze again, and with a steady gaze--
'Tis there indeed,--but where is it not?--
It is suffused o'er all the sapphire Heaven, Trees, herbage, snake-like stream, unwrinkled Lake,
Whose very murmur does of it partake
And low and close the broad smooth mountain
Is more a thing of Heaven than when
Distinct by one dim shade and yet undivided from the universal cloud
In which it towers, finite in height.
I came across this wonderful scene on my way home this evening, and I was so hoping it would turn out, at least half decent. I thought the setting was perfecft for a photo, and then I had to find a poem to go along with the photo. I found this one wrtten by Samuel Coleridge, and thought it was fitting.
I always wanted a moon shot like this Rick, yesterday we had a beautiful moon rise at the same time with a very stunning sunset, my biggest regret was I didn't have my camera with me because I am on my way to the grocery.
wow fantastic photo Rick!
how did you do this? how did you get the exposure right? I've tried this before and could never get the moon in focus
did you meter off the foreground?
@yoshi You will not believe me if I told you. I was on a back road, stopped the car, shot it through the front windshield of my vehicle, and corrected the exposure with an automatic setting in my one editing program. that's it, and increased the saturation just a tad.
how did you do this? how did you get the exposure right? I've tried this before and could never get the moon in focus
did you meter off the foreground?