Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Sideways

As you may or may not know, Mistah is an avid photographer. And there's nothing he likes shooting more than the Moon.

Isn't that a lovely full moon?


Actually, that's not entirely accurate. There's nothing he likes shooting more than the Moon-and-Venus.

Cool, huh?

Actually, that's not entirely accurate either. There's nothing Mistah likes shooting more than the Moon-and-Venus, with a hand-held 30-second exposure, while drinking a glass of wine.

Now that's cool.


All of a sudden recognizable shapes become distorted and foreign . . .

. . . and all of a sudden . . .

. . . the moon looks like a dove, and Venus looks like Pegasus, that magical ol' winged horse . . .

.  . . especially sideways.

Now poor ol' Pegasus is caught in a cloud storm . . .

. . . but he looks like he may find his way to the sun, er, moon, afterall.

It's all about perspective, really. Some things, when you look at them right -- or at night, with a hand-held 30-second exposure and a glass of wine . . .

. . . they just look cooler.

Especially sideways.

7 comments:

early to bed in PA said...

I like the idea of the moon and venus dancing in the night sky...glad nature's having fun while I sleep :)

Pickles and Dimes said...

SO cool! I love the squiggliness of Venus (scientific term).

Me, You, or Ellie said...

That dove would make Noah proud.

xo,
beth

Me, You, or Ellie said...

cool, man!

jacquie

Captain Dumbass said...

How many glasses of wine was that?

Hsin-Yi said...

Love it. That would be a great art show, pictures and blog!

Springer Kneeblood said...

I want that camera!