Moonlighting

I'm taking an easy option for today's post I'm afraid; struggling a bit with the lurgy that's going around, and leaving town soon for a significant family birthday in Sydney. 

As I've mentioned (and demonstrated!) before, I make no claims to being a good photographer, but I have fun, and I'm always drawn to shots of the moon in natural situations. For no good reason I'll share a few of those today - maybe they'll inspire you to put up a collection of your much better ones! I'd like to see them. 

First, perhaps my favourite moon shot, taken recently in the northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, just before it got too dark. (Normally I'd leave the best until last, but you might not read that far!)

Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen, Arkaroola

You can take 'straight' moon shots, and of course it can be a quite different colour depending on its elevation and atmospheric conditions.

These shots were taken just 23 minutes apart, soon after moonrise, on the south coast of New South Wales.

 

However I like to include other features; vegetation is an obvious choice.

Through palms, Darwin.

Through Norfolk Island Pines, south coast New South Wales.

Moon over Coolabahs, Idalia National Park, south-west Queensland.

You can't go far wrong with water either.

Moon over the Pacific, Murramarang National Park, southern New South Wales.

Same ocean, moonlight without the moon!

And I'm pretty keen on rocky hills in moonlight too.

Moonrise over Sachsayhuaman, above Cusco, southern Peruvian Andes.

Moon over the Horns, Torres del Paine National Park, southern Chile.

OK, that's enough of that! As I mentioned earlier, I'm hoping this will inspire you to show off some of yours - by all means post a link to them.

BACK ON TUESDAY

(with a more conventional posting...)