10/26/2026
🌕 Hunter's Moon rising over Squam Lake tonight – Holderness, New Hampshire -
I went to Squam Lake tonight for the full moon rise. The official moonrise was 5:10, but it didn't clear Red Hill until around 5:30. I waited a bit longer for sunset and the color, when the sky went orange above and pink along the mountains and the whole lake picked it up.
The oaks along the shore are some of the last fall color left in the Lakes Region, and the calm channel in the foreground caught the last of the light. The Hunter's Moon is officially full just after midnight tonight.
Category: HDR bracket + moon blend (enlarged)
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📍 Squam Lake, Holderness, NH
📅 October 25, 2026 – 5:46 PM EDT
🌗 Sunset 5:47 PM | Moonrise 5:10 PM | Moon 100% (full Hunter's Moon, Oct 26 12:12 AM)
📷 DJI Mavic 4 Pro
⚙️ Scene: 7-frame HDR bracket, −3.3 to +0.7 EV (1/1000 → 1/60 sec) | f/2.8 | ISO 125 | 70mm
⚙️ Moon: darkest frame of the bracket (−3.3 EV, 1/1000 sec) blended in for detail, enlarged
Editing note: An unedited photo misses most of what your eyes actually do: the huge range between bright and dark, the 3D depth, the way you look around and take a whole scene in. The camera records one flat slice of it. I edit for color and texture to put that experience back. The oaks were more of a brownish red, and I pushed them toward red. For the moon, I blended in a darker frame to keep its surface detail and enlarged it a bit, closer to how big it felt hanging over the hills. It's less about strict realism and more about sharing how the moment felt standing there.