Last night I went with two colleagues to Portland’s Pittock Mansion Park to watch the rising of the Super Moon.
Before the moon rise, Mount Hood treated us with yet another spectacular sunset performance, its snow capped 11.250 foot summit glowing pink, with a decorative little cloud cap glowing along.
Granted, from this viewpoint we were missing the spectacular foreground for the rise, the moon just came up behind some hills. Plus, not having had this event on the radar, I only carried my 12-100 F/4 on this trip to the Rose City, but the panorama below with the Portland cityscapes, majestic Mount Hood and the Super Moon still provided for a memorable event.
And sure enough, we had plenty company, with seemingly everyone bringing a tripod and the big lenses, while I shot handheld, leveraging the awesome image stabilization of the M1X and the high res capture mode. For an unprepared impromptu shooting I’m still happy with the results. At least I captured the Super Moon, while in the past I never had a camera with me when I saw it come up, mostly while driving home from the office.
Hope you had a chance to the rise of the Super Moon yourself, if you have taken some photos please post the link to them in the comment section.
Wish you a great Thursday!
Marcus
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I cannot believe that you shot these without a tripod. Wow! Stunning captures!
Thanks, Marsi, much appreciated! Marcus
The supermoon was quite impressive!! Nicely captured Marcus!!
Thanks, Amy, it seems you got to see it yourself! Have a great week! Marcus
Great moon shots.. 😉
Thanks, Lisa, much appreciated! Marcus
I liked them, especially the first two photos. Even though you did not use tripod it is a beautiful work.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Emilio, highly appreciated! Marcus
Very nice photos!!
Thanks, Michelle, glad you like the photos! Marcus
very nice, I was going to try and capture the super moon but we had super cloud instead,
Sorry to hear about the clouds, but thanks for commenting 🙂 ! Marcus
Great shots Marcus 🙂 Lynne
Thanks, Lynne, as always 🙂
Fabulous shots of that supermoon, even handheld! The foreground was excellent.
Thanks, Hien, much appreciated! Wish you a nice weekend! Marcus
A beautiful shot of the super moon Marcus!
Thanks so much, Marion, hopefully you had a chance to see it too! Wish you a splendid weekend! Marcus
Fabulous! we had storm clouds instead.
Thank you so much 🙂 Have a great weekend! Marcus
Nice photos! Too cloudy, where I was!
Thanks, Marland, a pitty you didn’t get to see it! Hopefully next year – these Super Moons should be more often! Have a great weekend! Marcus
One of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken was at this exact spot! What a great idea to visit for the Super Moon.
Thank you for your kind words, Claire, very much appreciated! Glad I brought back some fond memories! Marcus
Great picture, thanks.
Thanks for commenting 🙂 ! Marcus
I like seeing the context that a wider lens gives – the city below, the people….and my favorite things to see with our mountains (we have Mt. Baker up here) is when they have one or two clouds at the top – wonderful! Sorry, no photos of the moon from me, but I did see it, and it was gorgeous.
Thanks for your kind words, Lynn. I saw Mount Baker only once, from a whale watching boat out of Anacortes, what a beautiful mountain that is! Marcus
It was beautiful here, too, but I didn’t photograph it….I enjoyed your images. It’s always good to have context – the cityscape, the people with their cameras, etc. My favorite thing is when our mountains get those clouds just on top – it’s magic, isn’t it?
Oh yes it is. I can watch clouds changing shape and color over mountain tops forever. My favorites are the lenticular clouds. Marcus
Beautiful photos Marcus! 😮🙏🏻😎
Thanks, John, much appreciated! Marcus