Goodnight Cleveland

    The past few days have been absolutely beautiful, so instead of sitting in my room the whole time I have been trying to get out to do something outside.  I've been walking around Case taking photos, and out of all the ones I've taken this week the one to the right is my favorite.
    I set out and climbed to the top of the Rainbow Babies parking garage  just as the sun was scheduled to set a little after 8pm.  After setting up my camera on a tripod, I began waiting for the perfect lighting conditions to take a photo.  Overall, it took me about 45 minutes to get something that I liked and I'm glad I ended up sticking it out that long to get the shot.  I've decided sunsets are all about that 30 second window when everything is colored perfectly.
    While I was waiting for the sky to change colors, I met another photographer who happened to be going to his car.  He told me that if I came to the same spot at around 445am I would get a fantastic shot of a huge moon.
    After waiting a day for the moon to be full, I woke up at 4am to go and try to photograph the moon.  I arrived early with the moon still fairly high in the sky, so I set up my camera and waited.
    In the end the moon did get very close to the horizon, but it did not grow to a large enough size for me to get a good photo of.  The trip wasn't a total loss though because I learned when and where the moon rises and sets.  I plan to take a morning trip to capture the moon again next year at the end of summer/early fall during the harvest moon.  Provided it doesn't rain and isn't cloudy, I can guarantee I'll be able to get a pretty awesome shot then.