This day I thought I was prepared, wearing warm clothes, camera with the best lens, the dog was in great shape and we sat down at Ruager at Fevik well before the moon was to rise from the sea. But, I was near to missing out on the whole recovery, when I was so fond of the magic blue color, and was sitting and photographing the Store Torungen lighthouse trying to catching the glow of light here, that I did not see the moon coming up to my right.  But, by a coinsident i suddenly discover it and was able to get some very nice photographs.

In what I was supposed to pack the equipment to go home, this container ship sails down the southern coast. Then there was a slight delay on the home trip, because I would try to see what I could get out of the picture. However, it started to get really dark, so I would have trouble to get home true the forrest. As you will see of the exposure information (EXIF) below, I was using the settings on ISO 25600, which is very high light tolerance. This makes the image somewhat grainy, but with the help of Adobe Lightroom, as I develop my pictures, I corrected for the noise that such an ISO provides.

It is often said that it's the simple that is the best and this picture is full moon just the way you see it by eye, or at least if you look through a powerful lens like this or binoculars.

Since this is a photo website, I will include a little tip I learned from the keeper at  the Lindesnes Lighthouse, last time I was out there. He said that in the week before full moon, is the week you get the most colors and lights in the atmosphere. Why do not I know, but it's a clue that the moon's pressure on the ground pushes clouds and so on, so the light and colors are easier to shine through. But, I support his observation.

This picture has been taken a starry night at Kalvehageneset in Homborsund, Grimstad municipality.