Worth Saving

I had already given up.  I'd gone to John Hunt park in Huntsville to shoot the sunset.  I was hoping against hope I might get a clean shot of it — without too much clutter from the city.  That, of course, didn't happen.  There were lights everywhere — especially street lights and lights from the tennis courts.

It was cold, the wind was blowing and I was tired. So I packed it up and headed into the traffic to fight my way home.  That's when I saw the full Moon rising right next to the illuminated flag.  Too cool.  So I turned around, pulled out all the gear and started shooting.  I had waited too long.  The Sun had set and it was getting dark.  The Moon was already too bright to balance with the light on the flag.  So I cropped out the Moon and saved the flag.  It was worth saving. 

Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

300mm

F6.3@1/1,000th

ISO 45,600

- 0.7EV

Cropped

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