You Know What They Say ... by Weezilou

You Know What They Say ...

About nine this evening when I heard "a number of emergency-vehicle sirens" moving fast and blaring their warnings, I said to Ken, "That has to be at least the fifth time I've heard so many of them out there tonight!"

He replied, "You just notice them because you're not in Lunenburg anymore..."

"No...it's not that...I notice them there...but you know what it is? ... Full moon!"

There must be some truth in that...even 48 hours later ...

**On black, you can make out the corona of "Waning Gibbous" at the bottom!
Lovely details. There's something special about the moon.
January 7th, 2015  
Now there's a photo of the moon. I'll have to try harder and get more than a glorified street lamp glow.
January 7th, 2015  
@ethelperry ha! If you only knew...! Tripod...check! Settings...check! Ken's assistance...check! ...and everytime I got it lined up, and set the timer for 2 seconds so my hands were clear, the camera "drifted"... Ken would say, "...well, it's rising..." I would counter with , "not that fast, it isn't!"
Realization after the fact...the full extension of the lens must have been weighting the camera to move, and if I had had a tripod leg centered under the lens, that *might* gave made a difference. ...ready to try once more on Feb 3rd...I checked! Stay at it!
January 7th, 2015  
I'm sure we had that same moon last night! Oh yes whenever we hear the sound of police sirens we know we've arrived home in tranquil Walthamstow!
January 7th, 2015  
The detail at the top of the moon is wonderful. I agree full moon more sirens! I think you got a great capture.
January 7th, 2015  
Wow! Your moon is so white, while mine here in Australia was so colourful :) Fantastic capture! Fav
January 7th, 2015  
Our moon finally came out from behind the clouds late last night and it looked cool. Your close-up is looking good
January 7th, 2015  
I love this on black Louise!
The detail is amazing on the top where you can see the graters!
Fav
January 7th, 2015  
What a moon!
January 7th, 2015  
Great detail.
January 7th, 2015  
Awesome moon
January 7th, 2015  
Great shot.
January 7th, 2015  
Really spectacular, Weezi! You're lucky to have an assistant! Great assisting, Ken! ;)
January 7th, 2015  
I just love the banter that goes on between you and Ken! You guys are so cute. (I know he's probably one in a million, but if you find another one like him, please send him my way) And what a shot to be proud of! I'm still going to try this one day when I have invested in some more camera equipment ... watch this space
January 7th, 2015  
Jo
FAV! Your moon shot is perfect! I'm in the same league as Ethel on this one, but hope to some day shoot the moon better.
January 7th, 2015  
Yes, and a full moon causes my students to be unruly with each other. I don't know what it is, but they just get more annoyed.
January 7th, 2015  
Great shot of this beautiful moon.
a joke. two girls on a wine. One ask.: what is a shorter distance : from here to Paris or from here to the moon. Easy, she answer . the moon of course . Can you see Paris from here ?
January 7th, 2015  
A great capture. I love Pyrrhulas joke too.
January 7th, 2015  
Great shot - and with a point and shoot! Well done!
January 8th, 2015  
@stray_shooter LOL! We'll have a meet up & you can re-teach me to use the big Nikon! I never could get a good moon photo with it...might have been the reflection with the lens filter. Anyway, loving the 60x zoom...makes it hard to set it aside...
January 8th, 2015  
Wjen I was in college I volunteered at a home for emotionally disturbed children. (They almost certainly have a different term now) I remember the staff saying there was more activity from the kids when the moon was full.
January 8th, 2015  
And I forgot to say how much I like the detail in this shot.
January 8th, 2015  
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