No state of affairs is ever perfect. –  Horace

On a mild spring evening a slip of a moon comes down the starry sky to a calm sea. What a marvellous programme! A bench seat was provided but there was no admission charge,  applause or intermission – and no commercials. Truth be told though, I had to leave before the moon did, not wanting to inconvenience the patient souls sitting in my car…

A more consciously abstract image, the layered bands weren’t obvious on site. From below you see the cliff shadow, then the more distant Tasman Sea lit by the industrial shore, then a last lingering twilight below the stars.

85mm; ISO 2000. 58 seconds at f7.1

 

Posted by Barney Brewster

Tags: coast, composition, high ISO, long exposure, moonlight, moonlight photography, movement, Nikon D700, reflections, stars, street lighting;, Taranaki, telephoto, twilight, water

Categories: Night photography