Super Moon - 3/19/2011

I felt like calling this post 'It was a Dark and Stormy Night'. That's how it kinda was while waiting for the largest full moon in 18 years, hence, called the 'super moon'. It was cloudy and windy and then it rained. My camera nearly tipped over in the darkness. After fussing w/ my settings, I got this shot in between trying to keep my umbrella from flipping and protecting my camera from the rain. The lights from the elevator of the Ilikai made it hard because it was either overexposing the light, or getting really dark building. Somehow it also turned my photo kinda reddish purple but it did make the color of the water really cool..
I was about to pack it up then I heard Celia say something like 'I see a sliver of the moon' from were she was staked out. Then there was the moon.. and then I heard 'here comes the clouds'. The original shot was kinda dark so I decided to crop it. While trying to lighten it, I couldn't get the colors right, so I decided to make it B&W.. I think this effect came out better. The moon finally came out...the B&W helps suppress the brightness of the elevator lighting..
Then the clouds came..
Just before I packed up..the moon was high and visible in the sky.. hmm..somehow it doesn't look as big any more..