I Decided to head out to Mark Island Light off Stonington to shoot the moonrise and also got a cruiser enjoying the moonlight sail! These were shot using a 300mm in low light from a boat, and I used a
Kenyon Gyro to keep the lens still. These were actually shot a 320th of second at F2.8, and ISO of 250 to keep the noise down. I was pretty happy overall and enjoyed the night ride back to Rockland. The software I used on the Ipad was
The Photographers Emeris (to line up the moonrise) and
Garmin Blue Charts. On the way back in the dark, I used the moving map on my iphone to avoid immediate obstacles, and used my non-gps maps on the ipad to plot courses. Once I got back to Rockland harbor I had to switch over to google maps to find the launching ramp since the charts don't really show land stuff real well. I used a
SPOT tracker which was monitored by my Dad so he knew when I got back to shore safely... I hit one lobster buoy coming back and realized I needed a fixed light for night driving so I headed over to Hamilton Marine and got a really nice
Rigid Lighting M-SRQ2 Driving Light, and wired in a cigarette lighter plug for it... can't wait to try it out.
