Sunrise Moonset

It was absolutely clear this morning.  I knew there wouldn't be anything to photograph for the sunrise so I walked to the other side of the lake for the moonset.

Nikon D7200 -- Nikon 200-500mm 5.6E ED VR

500mm

F16@1/100th

ISO 400

Cropped

I don't have a lot of experience with this lens in a landscape environment so I wasn't sure of it's depth-of-field characteristics.  I gave F16 a whirl, trying to get the tree and the moon in focus.  It doesn't work.  Pick one — tree or moon — you can't have both in focus at the same time (without some post-processing tricks).  It turns out the moon isn't really sharp even in the pictures I took of it by itself.  Lots of atmosphere  for it to shine through is my best guess. And don't forget, the moon moves — faster than most non-photographers would guess. 

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©Don Brown 2019