03/15/14 Featured Arkansas Photography–Moonset over Downtown Little Rock between the bridges

Moonset over Downtown Little Rock between the bridges

Taken with a Nikon D800, 14-24 lens @ 14mm, iso 200 F 7.1 for 2 seconds, 2 part nodal pan featuring the moon-set.  I like to spend time at this spot since it provides such a great view of both downtown Little Rock, and the various bridges over the Arkansas River.  Since December of 2013, the all the bridges except the I-30 bridge are now lit up with a red light at light.  This makes for quite a scene and is well worth the trip down even though it’s not in the best part of town.  In this view you can see both the old Junction Bridge and the Main Street Bridge immediately behind it.  This photo was taken in several parts as I had to shoot for the skyline, and then expose separately for the moon.   The reflection was near perfect, but there was just a slight ripple on the water, however most of it seemed to be over on the Little Rock side so the moon’s reflection was not blurred that much.  The sun was just starting to rise in the background behind the I-30 bridge.