Although planning and preparation are very important in photography, some of the best shots are still happy coincidences. This is the perfect example of such a shot. I thought I’d figured out the exact shot I wanted so I was making my way to the spot I’d chosen very carefully when I glint of reflected moonlight hit my eye. I stopped my bike immediately and managed to get this shot after a few attempts.

I took this shot not long after sunset on an evening early last month from the edge of the playing fields on the campus of St. Patrick’s College in Maynooth, Ireland.

Click to Enlarge

For those of you interested in such things here are some of the technical details of the shot:

• Camera: Nikon D40
• Lens: Nikon DX AFS 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)
• Exposure: 6 Sec
• Focal Length: 28mm
• Focal Ratio: F4.2
• ISO: 800
• Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
• Exposure Compensation: 0.0

[tags]Maynooth, Ireland, Moon, Reflection[/tags]