A few chilly mornings ago, as I parked at the old Perkins corrals, I noticed the slightly-past-full moon setting toward the western morning horizon. Before I headed up the hill to turn off one of our water catchments for the winter, I took advantage of the old wooden rails and ramp/chute to take some pix.
A moon-photography lesson that probably many know (but because I mostly shoot moonrise, I haven’t particularly thought about): When the moon rises and is just above the horizon is the best time to photograph it for the details in the surface that aren’t overwhelmed by the moon’s brightness as it rises higher. When the moon SETS and is just above the horizon is not particularly the best time to photograph it because it’s sinking into the Earth’s haze, and those details are obscured.
That said, I do love our lovely celestial neighbor, any time of day or night – or any distance above the horizon.
(The old Perkins corrals are so named for one of the former permittees (there were two then) who ran cattle in Spring Creek Basin back in the not-too-long-ago days. Now, of course, Spring Creek Basin is closed to livestock grazing, but the corrals – on the southwestish edge of the basin – are still used by the permittee who has the allotment south of Spring Creek Basin on BLM land.)
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Cool!
Thanks, Valerie!
I love your “moon frame” in this photo, TJ! And I love those old corrals out there. So cool you found a way to include them in one of your pics – very creative!
Those old corrals just begged to be explored for compositions! 🙂
Another great picture!
Thanks, Karen! 🙂
Good history! Thanks.
Thanks, Pat! 🙂