Finding The Right Foreground

The full moon, the Pink moon, is Tuesday.

At my location, moonrise is 8:20 p.m. with the sunset at 8:19 p.m.

To be accurate, the full moon is 7:49 p.m., more than half an hour before moonrise.

That shouldn’t matter because the weather forecast says it will be raining when the moon rises.

That’s often the case when the moon’s angle on the horizon aligns it behind one of my favorite barns. I’ve missed many full moon photos because of clouds or dirty horizons.

Finding a foreground object is essential to making a good photo of the moon. Otherwise, a moon photo will look just like every other photo of a full moon. It might be a great personal accomplishment but will be of little significance in the pantheon of moon photos.

If you’ll have clear skies Tuesday, find a great foreground object to use. Make the object the primary subject and the full moon as secondary. You want the person who sees your photo to say “That’s a great photo of the barn. The barn with a full moon behind it.”

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