This past Saturday, I spent the day at one of my favorite local parks; Fort De Soto Park. Situated on an island in Tierra Verde, FL, this park features miles of beaches, nature trails, a boat ramp, and a large campground just to name a few of the amenities. The namesake of the park comes from the fort that was built in 1898 as a coastline defense during the Spanish American War.
After spending the better part of the day exploring the fort and walking the beach, I headed over to the other side of the island to get setup for the moonrise. For this shot I wanted the Sunshine Skyway bridge in the background. I had already scouted out the area earlier in the day, so I knew about where the moon should appear on the horizon. I patiently awaited for it to show itself, but due to atmospheric conditions, it wasn’t actually visible until it had been up for about 13 minutes. I really liked this shot with the light reflecting on top of the water and just a hint of clouds above the moon.
For more information about the park and it’s interesting history click here.
To enjoy a larger view, please click on the image below!
I hope you enjoyed today’s post and I encourage you to join the conversation by writing your thoughts below as I truly like to hear from all of my visitors! 🙂
Michael Lewis Glover | Fine Art Photography 
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Wow, I mean Wow, that is a really beautiful photo, just gorgeous, and I agree, the moon shinning on the water looks spectacular, I also like the bridge in the background as well, it adds so much more, I just love it. Well done. 😀
I had a look at the link you put in, and it really is an amazing place, very lovely beach, and I love the old Fort as well, there certainly is a lot of history attached to the area.
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Thanks so much for the wonderful comments Mags! Everything came together to help me make this shot. On a side note, I can’t believe I forgot to even mention the bridge! Thanks for pointing that out – I added the name in!
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This is an excellent combination of human and natural elements. It’s not easy to keep a bright moon from overexposing, but you pulled it off.
Steve Schwartzman
http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com
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Thank you Steve! I appreciate the kind words!
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I love this image, Michael. It’s really stunning.
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Thank you so much Susan!
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Awesome photo! Love the pic!
God Bless You!
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Thank you Dei! I’m glad you liked it! God Bless You as well!
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Love it! Minimalist and impactful. Unfortunately the moon was mostly covered in clouds during over here. Nice to see the weather over there is pretty good.
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Thanks for the very thoughtful comment Hasayang! Sorry to hear you had too much cloud cover (: I hope you got to see some of it though.
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Beautiful!! I just saw this on Pinterest and had to come over for a bigger view. 🙂
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Thank you Amanda! I’m glad you liked it!
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Beautiful photograph, Michael…and I can almost hear the music, as well.
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Thank you Scott! I truly appreciate the kind words!
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You’re very welcome…my pleasure. 🙂
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This is one of those pics which you look at and feel dumb struck and at loss of words. You have brought that scene in front of us. The fact it was the super moon past weekend must have helped. Wonderful pic.. can you share the aperture and time exposure details?
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Thank you so much for your great comments Goks! This was shot at f/8 at 0.4 seconds.
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This is one of my favorite supermoon shots I’ve seen this week! Perfect composition and execution here, Michael, I tip my hat to you good sir!
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Thank you very much for the wonderful and thoughtful comments Toad!
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You do fabulous work Michael.
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Thank you Mike! I really appreciate the kind words!
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Really epic shot, Michael!
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Thank you so much Eden!
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Wonderful photo! I love the composition, the colours and atmosphere and especially these reflections on the water and on the cables of the bridge. Really good work!
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Thank you Wolfgang! I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog and for the very thoughtful comments!
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This is such a beautiful photo, the view is stunning, I can see this hanging in my living room!
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Thank you so much Catalina for the wonderful comments!
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This is spectacular!
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Thank you Mona!
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You are quite welcome. The shot is truly exquisite.
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🙂
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I have just met you and your blog because of dear Mags, she talked about you on her blog today. I am so glad for this… When I visit your “Moonlight” photograph, I fall in love with them… To say “so beautiful” won’t be enough to explain my thoughts… This is great shot. I can never forget it… Beethoven composed unforgettable song of “Moonlight” and you did the picture of this song. Thank you, with my love, nia
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Hi Nia! I really appreciate you visiting my blog and for the wonderful comments! Mags is so nice to have written about me. Thank you so much for the very kind words!
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Magsx2 wrote today about your blog. I chose to look at the Moon. She is correct. It is the most gorgeous moon shot I have seen to date.
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Thanks for the thoughtful comments today! I’m really blessed to know a wonderful person like Mags!
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Exquisite photograph of the moon and bridge – I find bridges fascinating as my dad (a steelman) used to show me all the bridges he had worked on and explain exactly how they are constructed. Your photo brought back happy memories and thank you for that. I too found it on Mags blog.
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Thank you for the great compliment! I have always loved bridges; they are masterpieces to see. That must have been amazing to get a firsthand tour of those bridges. I’m glad that this brought you happy memories and I appreciate Mags pointing you to my blog post!
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Stunning photo … have been looking around on your photos. You’re very talent. This picture is breathtaking – but I love anything with moonlight … the bridge is very likeness the bridge we have between Copenhagen and Malmoe, Sweden.
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Thank you Viveka! I appreciate the thoughtful comments! Moonlight has that magical effect with the right subject. That’s really neat you have a similar bridge!
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I like. This is a wonderful shot. 🙂
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Thank you very much George!
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Mags pointed out your beautiful photos to me. Fantastic! She was right a really lovely shot of our magnificiant Moon. Life is Grand!
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate your visit and comments!
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I don’t think I can say anything that hasn’t already been said… but my goodness! It’s simply enchanting!!!
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Thank you very much Marian!
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miraculously beautiful…
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Thanks Ashutosh! I appreciate it!
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Absolutly wonderful. Great atmosphere and a stunning moonlight. And I really love the small clouds around the moon.
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Thank you Michael! The clouds are one of the elements I really liked too.
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So, so beautiful…always such a pleasure to find a tranquil place.
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Thank you Anne! I really love that park. There are lots of photo ops there!
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Michael what a stunning photo, it’s low light and so good!!! Cheers Nonoy Manga
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Thank you so much Nonoy! I appreciate the compliments!
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Stunning image! 🙂
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Thanks so much Richard!
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No worries… It’s a beautiful shot!
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