Monster moon rising behind Lick Observatory

It's full moon, time for a full moon shot. I headed to a cemetery 12 miles away from the legendary Lick Observatory, located on Mt. Hamilton high above the Silicon Valley, California. My calculation was spot on, the moon appeared at the left of the observatory and raised up towards the right. The moon is racing at 12.5 miles (20 km) distance, it took only 3 minutes from the first sight of the moon to clearing the building.

 

I took many shots of this moonrise, and turned them into a time-lapse, see fb.watch/3ZG8-DIHXS/

 

I processed a photographic and a balanced HDR photos from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

 

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-- ƒ/6.3, 900 mm, 1/100 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC7081_hdr1pho1bal1g.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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