Moonrise During Sunset, Great Falls National Park, VA
As temperatures lowered and haze was reduced during the past 3 days, I made the trip to Great Falls National Park to photograph the sunsets. While generally bland, I did have some luck yesterday evening with a bit of pink sky. As a nice bonus, the moon was also rising in the direction of the lit up clouds. Using two rocks as a foreground, I photographed the Potomac River as it flowed downstream away from Great Falls through Mather Gorge.
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Alex Mody on 15 Aug 2008 at 2:21 am #
That scene looks awful familiar. If that was taken on the 12th, then I was there as well. I was shooting upstream a bit and didn’t make it over this way until the color was gone from the sky. Too bad we didn’t bump into each other…
Paul Burgess on 15 Aug 2008 at 5:50 am #
This is great! I love the blurred water.Very nice cool tones in this, too.
Happy shooting and God bless,
Paul
Chris Kayler on 15 Aug 2008 at 8:14 am #
Hi Alex,
This is actually from the 13th. However, I was there the 12th as well, and was actually farther upstream, above the falls, as well. How did we not see each other?! We need to plan a small trip to Great Falls sometime soon.
Chris Kayler on 15 Aug 2008 at 8:15 am #
Hey Paul,
Thanks for the comment - I’m glad you like it.
Alex Mody on 16 Aug 2008 at 5:19 pm #
Just checked my camera and the date is a day off. So it was, in fact the 13th that I was there. And yeah, we should get up there some time. Drop me an e-mail, I should be free a few days this week and most of next week.