Now you see me...

Nikon 7100, 450mm, 1/13s @ f/16, iso 100

Not bad for the first moon shots? This one took a 300mm tele-lens (actually 450mm due to the 1.5 DX crop factor).

For the next super-moon I plan to be in Adirondacks. 

Supermoonrise

Nikon 7100, 105mm, composite @ f/4.5, iso 100

Yesternight it was a super full moon night and of course the Chalet du Mont-Royal was packed. No matter, that the next 2 full moons are also going to be super.

Of all the pictures taken, this was the first to tackle, mainly because it needed blending (yes, I suck at Photoshop). So - after 10 hours of fighting PS (kidding, it was only 2!) - this is the end effect.

Gold and silver

Nikon 7100, 75mm, 1/200s @ f/16, iso 100

Nikon 7100, 75mm, 1/30s @ f/16, iso 100

Finally got my hands on a mirror camera. Despite what people are saying about DSLRs being dead, there is still a gap on what you can achieve with a big full frame sensor and a set of good lenses. I'm not saying that cameras like Fujifilm X-T1 or Sony A7s are not capable. It's just the big DSLR body allows for a lot more buttons/options at your fingertips.

Anyway, I got up at 3:30am just to get this kind of views and was almost too late. And as always I got few takes with different white balance and had a hard time to choose. In the evening after work, I like the silver version more. In the morning - gold is the king.

Stillness

Sony RX100M3, 24mm, 1/200s @ f/11, iso 1600

Still in the black-and-white phase...

Silence after storm

Sony RX100M3, 24mm, 1/30s @ f/11, iso 125

Sony RX100M3, 24mm, 1/30s @ f/11, iso 160

I guess I still have a thing for rain and black-and-white pictures. But the little Sony's rich B&W is just so good.
These two - could not decide which is better - were taken on the Cleveland's riverside just around the Tower City Center. The storm has already passed, but it was pretty rough.

Ultraviolet

Sony RX100M3, 24mm, 8s @ f/11, iso 80

It was a night when it rained, stopped, rained again, and so on. During a brief break (or actually during a lighter rain) I managed to set up a tripod and get this shot.

The climb

Sony RX100M3, 70mm, 1/500s @ f/11, iso 200

Funny how perspective translates from 3D to a 2D picture - it looks like the bird is actually climbing.

And by the way - I'm not sure it wasn't a mocking bird, because it followed me everywhere I went around the lake. Straying on the wire of course.