06/23/2024
This might be the coolest full moon capture from last night. From Nathan Williams: “I made a trip out to the bat cave (Sauta Cave in Jackson County/NE Alabama) last night for another go with an in camera double exposure (not photoshop).
This one was shot in reverse of how I did the one of the hunter moon that I shared here a few days ago. This time I shot the cave first at 1/200 shutter, f8 ISO 1600, then drove a couple miles up the road to get a clear shot of the moon. I can’t turn the camera off or review the image as it will cancel the operation and all efforts would be lost. Once at the location to shoot the moon, I swapped lenses to a 500mm and pulled it back to around 150ish. I bumped the shutter up to 1/400 aperture 6.3 and ISO 400.
I then carefully lined up the moon to a nice break in the foliage, held my breath and gently pressed the shutter and there it was, the moon out the entrance of the bat cave. Three flashes were used to illuminate the shot totaling about 1200 watt seconds of flash power. Was a great evening to be out.”