i should admit that i did still mess up the planning a little.. the moon was supposed to rise in the middle of the last sequence within the frame which would have added something to that bland section, but i was bit rushed getting things setup and running before a 6:30pm dinner deadline so didn't figure it out right.
on the beach later that night i was giving a bit of an astronomy tour and impressed several people by pointing out exactly where on the horizon the moon would rise, only to have it appear there a few minutes later. pity i didn't go through that thought process earlier!
if you are having problems with smugmug, you can send an email to:
help@smugmug.com with a link to the gallery and see if they can help. they're generally pretty responsive.. at least may be good for them to see where people are having issues.
Phil