Moon by olivetreeann

Moon

The Moon's a Harsh Mistress

See her how she flies
Golden sails across the skies
Close enough to touch
But careful if you try
Though she looks as warm as gold
The moon's a harsh mistress
The moon can be so cold.

Once the sun did shine
God Lord it felt so fine.
The moon, a phantom, rose
Over the mountains and the pines
Then the darkness fell
The moon's a harsh mistress
It's hard to love her well.

I fell out of her eyes,
I fell out of her heart
Fell down on my face
I tripped and missed my stars
Fell and fell alone
The moon's a harsh mistress
The sky is made of stone.

The moon's a harsh mistress
She's hard to call your own.

Words and music by Jimmy Webb

One of my favorite Judy Collins songs from years back.
Lovely composition
January 7th, 2012  
Beautiful song and composition!
January 7th, 2012  
I love the shot and love Judy, just saw her in concert a few months back and she can still toss that thick white hair back and hit the most amazing notes
January 7th, 2012  
Blue beauty . . great processing, Ann! :)
January 7th, 2012  
It's beautiful. A great edit
January 7th, 2012  
I like the way you edited this. The square crop is perfect
January 7th, 2012  
Cool edits
January 7th, 2012  
Great moon shot Ann, this is really creative.
January 7th, 2012  
I was captivated by the almost full moon on our drive back from a day out today, so this photo is very apt and very beautiful.
January 7th, 2012  
@steeler Thanks Howard!
@httpgeffed Thanks Colleen!
Always appreciate your comments!!
@pandorasecho Thanks Dixie! That concert must have been awesome!
@karenann Thanks Karenann!
@digitalrn Thanks Rick!
@woot Thanks Davide!
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole!
This was the third of three different edits. As soon as I finished it, I knew it was the one! And the song immediately popped into my head!
@louisefrance Thank you Louise! The full moon is out tonight in our neck of the woods. It lights up the entire backyard! Quite beautiful!
January 8th, 2012  
Bev
This is really nice. I'm not quite sure what it is, but it is captivating the way you captured it. The tone is perfect.
January 8th, 2012  
aww, you know what the moon's effect on me (no, not the fact that i turn into something sinister... well, that, too!). this blue moon of yours is quite lovely. i like the processing, too. posterize then infrared blue or something?
January 8th, 2012  
How beautiful! I don't know this song. Chris loved Judy Collins and had songbooks of hers. I may have heard it and just don't remember it.
January 8th, 2012  
@prttblues Thanks Bev! This is an ornament on my Christmas tree. I bought it many years ago but I'm not sure where! I have a star and a sun that match it.
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! I tried three different processing methods on this picture. This was the third one and the minute I finished it, I knew it was the right one! First I tightened the picture by cropping it close to the ornament. Then I sharpened it for crisper edges. I first applied the Heat Map effect using the "Satallite" setting and finally I used the Posterize effect. In posterize I used all of the "colors" (which were now shades of blue) and faded in more detail from the original picture for clarity.
@mrssmith Thank you Carla. I don't know if this one was released for radio play or not (I can't remember because I played the album so much!), but it's from the album "Judith".
January 8th, 2012  
Ooh I like this! :) Cool Moon and perfect processing!
January 10th, 2012  
@alia_801 Thanks Alia! I don't have the capability of shooting a real moon picture, so this was the next best thing- an ornament on my Christmas tree!
January 11th, 2012  
Really great pairing....the song and the photo!
January 13th, 2012  
@cimes1 Thanks Carole!
January 13th, 2012  
Simply beautiful!
January 17th, 2012  
@potsbypam Thank you so much Pam for all your comments tonight. You should be unpacking!!
January 17th, 2012  
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