Daytime Moon

I was out by the Salt River over the weekend taking pictures for a friend of mine who puts on adventure races.  During the race there are times when all the participants are out finding checkpoints and I am left with nothing race-ish to photograph so I start looking around for a picture that wants to be captured.  There's always something that my camera wants to click away at and this time I was fortunate enough to have to moon hanging in the western sky even though it was mid-morning.

I have never tried to capture the moon during daylight.  All my previous attempts at getting a good moon shot have been at night.  I was surprised at how these daytime moon pictures turned out.  I love them.  This first image looks like the sky is black but it's just the cropping and light adjustment to the photo.  I'm excited to try it again (and it's yet another thing to be happy about).

This image gives a better representation of the day time sky.  I like this one also... the bird adds a feeling of solitude and nature to the shot.  For the first time in a long time I am enthusiastic about my cameras and am inspired to get out and take pictures.

I'm a happy camper!  :)