Peekaboo moon, Taranaki. 1.05 am, 26 August 2012
Artists are born kneeling; they fight to stand. Critics, by nature of the judgement seat, are born sitting. - Hortense Calisher (US novelist) [adapted]
50mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f16. Sodium vapour light balance
Night riot in green. 12.39 am, 11 November 2011
I confess that the head gardener has long asked for a moonlight photo of these louts, here at home. On the wrong side of a trellis, the artichokes are shaded from the full moon until after midnight; they’re also exposed to the sickly orange of streetlights.
To fix the first problem I togged up after midnight, for the second I lowered the light balance further; on the D700 sodium is covered under a fluorescent option. Better still would have been my wife screening the plant with her person – but no, she was warmly tucked up in bed.
50mm, ISO 2000. 68 seconds at f8. Neutral picture control
