September's full moon / harvest moon rising over Edge NYC at 30 Hudson Yards and the Manhattan skyline
It was awesome to meet up with several photographer friends for the moonrise. After much planning and coordination (i.e., many text messages), we all made it in time for moonrise!
Moonrise aligned with Edge NYC / 30 Hudson Yards from this position and also with the Empire State Building from a couple of hundred yards down the trail to the right. Given the opportunity to shoot both at the same time, I pre-planned doing this shot via timer. Once I found my PhotoPills-plotted position on the trail, I set up the Nikon D750's timer, bracketed around the anticipated exposure, and walked down the trail to photograph the Empire State Building. My intention was to offset the moon to the right as you see since the Edge NYC platform is on the right. My friends stayed / photographed from this spot, keeping an eye on my camera. I didn't know for sure if this would work, but it was worth an attempt. Since the plot and exposure both worked out, this image is a total bonus! It's a single exposure image.
I haven't posted my Empire State Building moon alignment yet to flickr, but it turned out too. It's posted on my website. I chose to photograph the ESB alignment "live" since I was looking for an exact, centered alignment.
Explored: December 16, 2022
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