16 Oct 2024 Themes Above/Below, Fall, Moonrise: Jim

I participated in the full moon meetup on Sept 17th at Ski Beach Mission Bay. Photographing the moon during blue hour is always challenging especially when there are clouds. Fortunately, there was only a narrow band of low clouds above the moon horizon. With some post-processing and compositing of my moon over USD campus, here are my best images so far.
To follow the Above/Below theme, I went to Oceanside Harbor beach in search of shore birds. There were none so I made the best of it, opting to shoot surfers from the jetty. Fortunately, with a low tide and great conditions, I spent 90mins capturing thousands of images. Shooting from the jetty will hopefully qualify as “Above” eye-level. Surf photography is something I’ve wanted to do since seeing Barbara’s award winning photo she showed in August.