Sunrise Moonrise and Vise Versa

The rising sun or moon and vise verse is a great time of day to be out with the camera or for that matter just be out. I find it to be a advantage to know when our lunar friends are going to make an appearance so I can be in a spot to capture the moment with a nice horizon to accent their arrival.
I found a link where you can download area specific times to help you be ready for the Golden Hour of arrival. You can set it for you current location or a vacation spot to help prepare.
Sun- Moon Rise and Set Times is a U.S. Navy site from which I like to download info for the day, month, or year.
The image above is a winter beach on Lake Huron. The light was low and the temperature COLD. The ice had an eerie  blue glow, the moon was fantastic as it rose into the coming night sky.  It was the perfect end to a day of travel along the Huron shores in Northern Michigan between the Straits of Mackinaw and Alpena.

It was taken with a Canon 1DS, processed with DXO Version 6.0, further worked with Adobe Photoshop CS 4 and numerous plug in filters.

Travel With A Friend

Throughout the day whenever I travel about the studio grounds, into town, to a companions home, everywhere.... I always have my camera with me. I may not carry the complete setup I have when I am truly prowling for images but I make it a point to have a camera with me to capture visions that have a way of just popping up.
How many times have you thought "I wish I had my camera with me!" when something really cool happened in your presence.
The image of the Sunset Rays was captured when I was out with my dog. It lasted but a few fleeting moments and was gone. How beautiful to witness ! How exciting to capture a rare moment on our planetary home. The image is a panorama from 4 separate images. I processed the Raw files with DXO software creating a DNG file. These files were further processed with Photoshop CS4, stitched together using AutoPano 2.0, and finally manipulated with Lucis Art, Nik Photo FX 3.0, Nik Viveza, Buzz Simplifier, and finally sharpened a touch with Photokit Creative Sharpener.