Moon and Flag Over the Shooting Star

We’ve been driving by the Merced Regional Airport for years. When you drive in you’re greeted by a static Lockheed P-80 “Shooting Star”, and the flag flying above. This time the moon was visible in the same scene. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera. Since the full moon wasn’t until Wednesday, I knew I had one more day to capture the moon and the surroundings in the daylight.

I came back this afternoon. I took about 15 exposures and I kept two. I really like the colors one the first one. I just wish the moon was higher. I like the moon’s position on the second one better, but by that time the colors were not as pretty. I converted it to black and white.

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Mike is a Central Valley California landscape and nature photographer whose subjects include scenes from Merced County, Yosemite, SeKi, and the eastern Sierra. He is currently living in Atwater, CA.

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