Anza-Borrego Desert Henderson Canyon Road wildflowers at moonrise-sunset. I shot this on the night *before* the full moon - when the moon generally rises at almost the same time as sunset. The white flowers here are actually California evening primrose, but I still think the "moonflowers" reference is fitting. You see the moon rising here in the background and the sun had set in the opposite end of the sky behind the camera here. The lingering twilight provided just enough illumination to give the flowers and the rest of the scene here an eerie glow. After a bit of processing and noise reduction in Lightroom, this is the result. This is a single exposure shot with a Canon 6D and Canon 17-40mm f/4L lens at 0.8 sec f/5 ISO 3200. I don't think such a shot is possible on the actual night of the full moon - another photographer and I tried doing so the next day, but didn't succeed. As with all my wildflower photos, I was careful to NOT damage any flowers or the nicely cracked mud here.
Some more photos of the current wildflowers in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. At over 600,000 acres in size, the Anza-Borrego Desert is huge. Even during the superbloom, it's possible to escape the crowds if you're familiar with the more secluded areas of the park.
