Some friends and I skied out into the Siskiyou Mountain Range back country behind Mt. Ashland last weekend during the full moon. On cue, it rose directly over Mt. Ashland. As the moon was rising the light from the setting sun illuminated the sky to our east. By taking three images and stitching them together I was able to create a panorama showing Mt. McLoughlin, Pelican Butte, Brown Mountain and Mt. Ashland.
After the moon climbed up in the sky a bit I composed this next photo. My goal was to capture the amazing atmosphere, calmness and clarity of winter camping. I thought the headlamps in the tent and the moonlight on the snow really helped capture the mood. I put in a fair amount of Photoshop time blending multiple exposures to try to balance out all the various light sources (back lighting from moon, front lighting from the fading sunset glow, the moon itself and the light in the tent).
It is always fun on outdoor adventures to also take some photos of your buddies trying to look like hardened outdoorsmen.
