The May Flower Moon rises over Cooperstown, NY
Let’s face it: so much of life is defined by a little bit of luck, such as being in the right place at the right time. My recent visit to Cooperstown, NY just happened to coincide with the rise of the May full moon on Memorial Day, also known as the Flower Moon. But the weather had been largely lousy leading up to it. As it was, it rained for the entirety of Sunday, and on Monday various pockets of cloud cover and the ever present chance for thunderstorms threatened to scuttle any photo opportunities. But late in the afternoon the clouds departed, the skies cleared, and opportunity presented itself in a magnificent way.
Here, the full moon rises in the East over the lake front at Cooperstown, NY and hills surrounding Otsego Lake not long after 8:00 PM, just as the sun disappears in the West. This is a composite of two exposures: the landscape was captured at 62mm | f/9| 1/6 sec | ISO 100, while the moon was shot at 62mm | f/9 | 1/60 | ISO 100.