Having recently purchased the Sony 100-400 GMaster lens ahead of the super blood wolf moon, I wanted to go somewhere interesting to shoot it. I had spent a lot of the time in the days before the eclipse to the day of the moon rise trying to figure out where a good place to shoot would be. With the help of the I-can't-say-enough-good-things-about-it Photo Pills app, I unfortunately came to the realization that the moon would be too high in the sky on the west coast to get the type of shot I wanted (a human in front of the eclipse). Instead I focused on trying to find a location that had a cool landscape with clear skies with the possibility of getting a human in front of the moon rise. For the entire week up to the eclipse, basically all of California had a forecast of cloudy skies. So I just decided to wing it and go to a place that I thought was cool. Enter the Trona Pinnacles. The otherworldy rock formations in the otherwise wide open desert landscape was perfect and I knew my two friends Raibar and Lizz that I had roped into coming would enjoy it. Not only would it offer a cool place to walk around and explore while waiting for the sun to go down and the moon to rise, but it also offered a place where I could potentially place myself below a ledge at an angle to get either of them in front of the moon. The day before, I also went to Samy's Camera in Pasadena and rented the Sony 1.4x teleconverter to extend my reach and make the moon even larger in frame. Below are some shots from the day. I am very impressed with the image quality from this lens even with the teleconverter on.

This guy's rig in this environment created some pretty decent 4x4 envy.

Raibar's whip amongst the rock giants.

Lizz enjoying the sunset and the incredible colors the desert creates.

To get this shot, we had Lizz scramble up one of the rocks with the aid of a headlamp. Down below, Raibar and I were bouncing around with our tripods continuously adjusting the angle to coincide with the moon.

Snaggle tooth.