The crescent moon setting over Cape Cod Bay

The job hunt continues, but that's boring until something happens. So in the meantime, the moon set an hour and a half after the sun set tonight and about 10 minutes before low tide. Of course I went to Rock Harbor to take pictures.

It took a 20 second exposure (at 3200ISO) for me to realize that I hadn't made it out far enough onto the flats to get past the sea grasses.

Once I got far enough I could get a bit of a reflection. In hindsight low tide was maybe not the best choice, but an hour and a half after sunset is what gives it so much color.

The moon looks blurry because it's a 30 second exposure (800ISO). It's not camera shake, you'll notice the edges of the water in the sand are sharp, it's that the moon is moving.

This should be animating, just to prove that the moon was moving. I don't think I saved it properly though. Sigh.

After the moon had set there was still a lot of ambient light, well, with a 30 second exposure at 1600ISO.

That I like about this pair is that when I was standing there all I could see was the dipper. But with a 30 second exposure (the one on the left) suddenly there's all these stars and I could barely pick the dipper out. It becomes easier to see on the right when the exposure is only 15 seconds. 

 Swinging back toward the harbor of course there is a lot of light.

Oh, and here's a leaf from the front yard this afternoon. I liked the light.