For something so ubiquitous, I found this a surprisingly hard subject. But I'm impressed with the quality of the posts so far. Here is my attempt. As always, suggestions welcome.

Hi Rich,

Beautiful shot. I like the composition a lot. Good luck this week.

Steve S.

Interesting shot, Rich. I like the atmosphere a lot. I wish you coould have stopped down changed your shutter speed or aperture to get an in-focus, not-blown-out moon, but that is really picking nits. Photographing trees iin an artistic way s very difficult. Good job!

All best wishes,

Endre

Steve Spencer wrote:
Hi Rich,

Beautiful shot. I like the composition a lot. Good luck this week.

Steve S.

Good to hear from you Steve. Thanks for the positive feedback.

-- Rich

Strad wrote:
Interesting shot, Rich. I like the atmosphere a lot. I wish you coould have stopped down changed your shutter speed or aperture to get an in-focus, not-blown-out moon, but that is really picking nits. Photographing trees iin an artistic way s very difficult. Good job!

All best wishes,

Endre

Endre:

I think you're right. And as a matter of fact, I shot it with different apertures, all the way down to f/40. Only problem is that most of those were quite underexposed, and the moon was moving the whole time. Moreover, it's shot at 300mm and there's enough distance between the trees and the moon that the latter is not quite in focus even at f/40.

I liked the composition of the version posted primarily because of the position of the moon. But your comment spurred me to go back and try one of the others. What do you think?

I must say I also prefer the second one, Rich. I really like the cloud wafting across the face of the moon yet the focus is still the trees. Still, in a situation like that, why not try combining them - the moon from this one and the trees from the other? Then you could REALLY be confused. This one is lovely, though. I'm glad my suggestion was helpful.

All best wishes,

Endre