This is one of those wonderful moments where you find yourself in the right place at the right time with the right lens. I had chosen not to fly this night, as I had my dog along, so thought it might be nice to spend time chasing through fields with her instead. I could see the opportunity for a nice photo approaching, so I radioed the pilot to gain some altitude for me. It was getting late, and he had already chosen a landing spot, so was able to only partially comply (I wanted him flying "over" the moon).
The balloon needed to be a bit sharper in my opinion and I would have liked to see it cropped a bit more. Nice capture with the moon and baloon though. That is a very interesting element. My guess it was getting late and you had little light from what you stated above. Over the moon would have been really cool; I agree. Nice moment and capture though.