A recent trip to Algonquin was both a challenge and a pleasure. I`ll spare you the gory emotional challenge details and leave you with the pleasure part. I checked the Clear Sky Clock to see what the cloud coverage and transparency was like. Wasn’t the greatest, but usable. It was also about 30 minutes before the 11:36pm moon rise, since I was a couple days past the full moon. Then, checking The Photographer’s Ephemeris, I noticed the moon was coming up directly over a lake that I could actually access without any trouble. Drove with both hands on the wheel along highway 60 at night and parked as far off the road as I could and setup shop down at the waters edge. Since I could see the moon light already starting, I opted to just shoot a longer than normal frame and hope to catch the actual moon coming up. I started with a 12 minute exposure at f4.5, wanting to get some nice star trails in the shot as well. I was quite pleased with the results. Hope you are too.