A full moon, Sunset in the West and Moon Rise in the East.
I had to give it a shot, just take off to try and shoot the super moon on the Sunday. According to the Photographers Epherimus it rose at 5:13pm, and the sun set at 5:12pm... one minute apart. The night before I had taken a shot of the moon at 98% full with the A77 and the Tamron 70-300mm USD, hand held. No time to use a tripod, so took the shot while on the lawn at home, it worked out well so Sunday I drove 50km out to Mutdapilly, a spot I knew that had a clear view of the moon rise.
Some fun pics, not necessarily text book but I am happy with them, and who cares about the low light noise etc, not me.
First shot, the hand held at home.....
SLT-A77V, f/8 @ 300 mm, 1/2500, ISO 400
Then out at Mutdapilly, SE Qld... soft ground, lots of grass underfoot, could not get a solid tripod footing so left the IS on.
Moon peeking over the treeline of Flinders Peak.
SLT-A77V, f/9 @ 300 mm, 1/80, ISO 320
In the next shot, with in Camera HDR the scene was strangely lit by the sunset behind me, I liked the effect so the intersting contrast and shade worked for me.
SLT-A77V, f/4.5 @ 85 mm, 1/15, ISO 320
And finally, with the Tamron 17-50mm fitted I turned to the west and took a quick shot of the last of the sunset, I have never tried a moonrise and sunset at the same moment in time... I kinda like what I got.. as I said, it was a fun shoot.
SLT-A77V, f/4 @ 24 mm, 1/60, ISO 1250
Phil