The backwater channel of the Missouri River at Ponca State Park provides an excellent place to hike and get stuck in thick grasses (and prickly bushes). Watch out for mountain lions and Canada geese. An excellent bit of luck here with the rising moon and enough twilight remaining to light up the landscape. This was the second night I played with this composition, and the moonrise time being just a bit later meant the ambient light was just a bit darker. It pays to revisit potential spots! This is a manual HDR-style composite, with the moon being brought in from a darker exposure made at the same time.
