Clouds and moon

Are you getting tired of my pictures of the moon?  I hope not. You can run through them quickly if you are, or even, (gasp) click out of my post... (can't believe I said that)  

Are you still with me?  

The first set of these pictures turned out rather oddly. The clouds were so heavy one night the end of May that I doubted that I'd be able to see the moon through them at all. And by eye, I couldn't very well. The camera picked it up better, I suppose because of the magnification. 

There was a fair amount of diffused moonlight coming through though so I hoped that I'd get lucky.  The clouds were racing by...

It was warm that night, and humid. I don't know if the traffic passing our village was actually less that night than it usually is, or if it was the foggy conditions that made it seem quieter to me. I do know that I found it very agreeable. I wish now that I had turned my camera and taken a shot of the Atrium as well as the moon pictures. You'd have a better idea of the conditions.    

I think that possibly I appreciate these pictures more than you'll be able to because I remember the almost magical feeling of the evening. Had I been in Michigan I would have been listening to frog song as well.  

Anyway, take a look at how they turned out. 

The settings of the camera have now been changed. The difference is striking.  These were taken, for what it's worth, on the camera's moon setting.  Some of the ground fog has also moved aside for the moment.  

This last one really turned out great.  The terminator (line) is at the 'top' of the moon and I therefore got some craters/mountains along that line. Love it.            -djf