I wanted to take a long exposure shot of the ocean to get smooth water but also have crisp, shadowy, ominous storm clouds.
Since a long exposure shot would make both the water and and the clouds look "creamy" I had to combine a short exposure and a long exposure.
And since it was the middle of...
I've found shooting the moon to be pretty easy by itself and taking long exposure night photos to be fairly easy. But trying to get a moon shot *with* landscape at night? That takes some camera tricks.
So, I took a photo of the moon, a long exposure shot of the ocean and then combined in...