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Pentax K-5 and Sigma 300mm f/2.8 EX DG + 2X TC | f/6.3 | 1/250s | ISO-80

For once an astronomical event visible to the human eye lived-up to its hype... SUPER MOON INDEED!

Since I left my tripod in my NYC apartment a few months back, I had to find something to serve as a platform at my home on LI. I ended-up using the banister of my stairs to my deck. Angle and positioning was perfect. Tho I had to wait until after midnight until that could be the case.

Strange that the tree known as the "Tree of Life" is so devoid of it in August.

Taken w/a Pentax K10D and Sigma 300/2.8 lens, Where the other photo of the same subject is a JPEG right out of the camera, this image is converted from RAW to JPEG. ....Good example why I convert RAWs. ;)

Taken w/a Pentax K10D and Sigma 300/2.8 lens, JPEG right out of the camera. See the next photo for the same image converted from RAW to JPEG. That is why I hardly ever use the JPEGs out of the camera!

As our intrepid traveller approached the end of his journey, he cam upon the most unusual grove of tree-like thingies...