Once again I’m digging a photo out of my archives.  Hopefully Nikon will have returned my camera by next week.  This photo was take on July 4, 2009 in Rockport, MA.  We spent the weekend at my sister-in-law’s place, which has a beautiful view of the beach.  I took this photo standing across the street from her driveway.  It was my first attempt at photographing fireworks.  I still have a lot to learn, but I love the contrast of the bright lights against the dark sky and the reflection of all the colors in the water.

In case any of you missed it, last Friday was the Wolf Moon.  The name comes from Native Americans who had a different name for each full moon of the year.  It refers to the hungry wolves they’d hear howling around this time.

Another unique thing about last Friday’s full moon was the apparent size.  It appeared so large because the full moon coincided with its perigee.  Perigee is the point in the moon’s orbit at which it is closest to the earth.

I braved the cold (seriously, it was 12ºF at the time, with the wind chill at -5ºF) to try my hand at some lunar photography.  I’m pretty happy with the results.  I’m surprised at how much detail is actually visible in the photo.

The second photo is taken from almost the same position as the first, but instead of focusing on the moon, I focused on the branches of the tree I was viewing it through.  I thought it had kind of an eerie quality, so I’m including it in this post.