One thing I've noticed about the Finger Lakes...many times things only happen for a very short time. When I took this I saw the moon for about ninety seconds. The other day I took a picture of sunlight on the new-fallen snow on three pine trees, and the light only lasted for about five minutes...of the entire day. The sun never reappeared.
They're only scenics, which usually cooperate by holding still or changing at a languid pace. Not so up here. Things change fast.
On the good side, sometimes I go down to the lake to photograph the sky, and the kaleidoscope changes so fast it's like photographing different skies altogether. If you don't like one, you can wait a few minutes and get something completely different.
In the space of about 35 minutes, this enormous mass of black cloud appeared, filled the entire Western sky, and moved completely off. It was like it got dark early, and then got light again before sunset. Entertaining, and to take very different pictures all I had to do was stand there.
If you like taking pictures of the moon, does that mean you're a lunatic? Wait, don't answer that.
Mike
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Having grown up not far from where you live I can totally appreciate your comments about the weather. It was very frustrating for a budding young amateur astronomer. BTW, I love the moon shot. Crop it square and print it!
Posted by: PaulW | Saturday, 24 November 2018 at 11:38 AM
Sounds like typical Scottish weather - several seasons in a day, and some days (or weeks) when you barely see the Sun.
Posted by: Dave Stewart | Saturday, 24 November 2018 at 12:12 PM
Yes, that moon shot is cool. I can vouch for Dave's comment. I once stood on a beach in the far north of Scotland and experienced sunshine, rain and hail in the space of around an hour. There was a nice rainbow but it was impossible to change lenses in the howling wind and driving rain.
Posted by: Bob Johnston | Saturday, 24 November 2018 at 03:37 PM
That changeability is a wonderful thing... if you're in the right place and fast enough. (Despite many years around the Finger Lakes, I often wasn't.)
Remember Ansel Adams' legendary "Moonrise" story? He lost a second exposure of the same scene because the light had gone in the time it took to change his 8x10 film holder. (That's about 10 seconds btw.)
Tucson's steady sunshine has taken some getting used to, but at least I've learned that early and late are the times to photograph here, and the light doesn't change quickly.
Posted by: Mark Sampson | Saturday, 24 November 2018 at 06:14 PM
As the song says: "the lunatics are in my head..."
Posted by: Paulo Bizarro | Sunday, 25 November 2018 at 04:41 AM