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?BillinGlendaleCA
In January of last year, I shared with you photos of the Moon rising over the snowcapped San Gabriels with downtown Los Angeles as a foreground. Last month was the last supermoon of this year so I decided to try something a bit different, rather than a wide landscape with the Moon, a zoomed in shot so the Moon would be huge against the terrain. I thought of a number of locations and most didn’t work with the angle of the Moon and a location that was accessible to shoot. I settled on shooting in the hills above the LA Zoo with Forest Lawn Glendale as the foreground. After the Moon rose directly above the chapel with the cross above it, I shot a photo of the Autry Museum and Glendale behind it as well as traffic trails on the 134 as it winds through downtown Glendale. I’ve also included one of my first July 4th photos that I’ve taken, since I couldn’t leave the house of the 4th when my girls were still alive.
The Moon just peaking above the horizon, the foreground shot was a long exosure taken just before the Moon began to rise.
The Moon almost fully above the horizon.
The Moon completely above the horizon.
The Moon directly over the chapel at Forest Lawn, Glendale.
The Autry and Glendale.
The 134 traffic trace.
Fireworks over Glendale on the 4th of July.
eclare
The moon directly over the chapel is a surreal photo.
donatellonerd
love all of them, especially the moon pictures (partly because my father’s buried there).
JPL
The moon over the chapel is awe inspiring. Thanks for sharing your photos with us.
raven
Forest Lawn, the Disneyland of Death!
MomSense
Oh wow. All of the moon photos are amazing.
stinger
You always think of such cool things to shoot!
Geminid
Thank you Mr. In Glendale for another set of great California pics. I forward them to my friends, and the pictures and craftsmanship are much appreciated.
randy khan
Love the Moon photos.
Uncle Cosmo
PEEKING, ffs!
Come on, Photo Guy, your ;^p better than that!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@eclare: Thanks, the original idea was to get the moon rising behind the chapel, but I couldn’t get the right spot on the trail with the right view.
@donatellonerd: Thanks, it’s a very large cememtery.
@JPL: Glad you like em.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@raven: Even Walt Disney’s buried there.
@MomSense: Thanks.
@stinger: Thanks, it’s a bit of work to do the planning for shots like this.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Geminid: Thanks, glad you like them.
@randy khan: I may try something similar at the harbor when the angle is right.
@Uncle Cosmo: I’m a photo guy, not a speller.
J R in WV
And you’re a great photo guy, also too !!
Great work with the camera and the post-production work!
Thanks again for the interesting photo set from Greater LA. Great moon shots, especially.
SkyBluePink
âIt is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.â
â Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger, Venice 1610: “From Doubt to Astonishment
Thanks, Bill- wonderful pics as always.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@J R in WV: Thanks, I’m definitely going to do similar shots in the future, and have some ideas for sunrise as well.
@SkyBluePink: Thanks much.