High tide by moonlight, Turtle Cove, Golden Bay. 7.35 pm, 2 June 2012 The night has vast potential for creativity. – Michael Kenna 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f11
Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult – the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight. – Edgar Degas 28mm; ISO 2500. 30 seconds at f11
I’ve had a lot of trouble in my life – most of which never happened. – Mark Twain 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f13. Flash
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. Marcus Aurelius 28mm; ISO 2000. 15 seconds at f8. Flash
The moon could not keep shining if it had to pay attention to all the dogs barking at it. – Anon 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f11. Flash
As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be, you can’t see how it is. – Ram Dass 28mm; ISO 2000. 94 seconds at f8. Light balance 3030 deg K.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f8
It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. – Lewis Carroll 28mm; ISO 2000. 10 seconds at f2.8. Incandescent light balance
Change is the very essence of life. – Anatole France 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 seconds at f11. Light balance 2500 deg K
Just keep going. No feeling is final. – Rainer Maria Rilke 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f4. Light balance 3030 deg K
Seeking love keeps you from the awareness that you already are it. – Byron Katie 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 secs at f5.6. Mercury vapour light balance.
If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good. – Dr Suess 28mm, ISO 2000. 15 secs at f8. Col balance 2500 deg K.
Let it go, let it out / let it all unravel; Let it free and it can be/ a path on which to travel. – Leunig 28mm; ISO 2000. 30 secs at f8. Incandescent light balance
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground but a kind word is never thrown away. – Arthur Helps 28mm; ISO 2000. 6.6 secs at f10. Incandescent light balance; flash
The future is just going to be a vast, conforming ‘suburb of the soul’. – J.G. Ballard, 1982 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f9. Light balance 5000 deg K
Live courageously, and produce. – Vincent van Gogh 28mm, ISO 2000. 3 secs at f8. Sodium vapour light balance
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it. – Ursula K. Le Guin 28mm, ISO 2000. 1 sec at f11. Flash
The world to me is a dream and the people in it are sleepers. I have known a few instances of intensity but that is all. – Katherine Mansfield 28mm, ISO 2000. 6 secs at f2.8
Blend a little foolishness with your wisdom: it’s nice to be silly at the right moment. – Horace 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f8. Flash
Health is the greatest gift; Contentment the greatest wealth; Faithfulness the best relationship. – Buddha 28mm, ISO 2000. 123 secs at f22. Flash
… all our senses will be purified, and there will be nothing to criticize and no unhappy memories. – Srila Narayana Maharaja 28mm, ISO 2000. 2.5 secs at f2.8
A fool sees a tree, by moonlight. 11.49pm, 10 January 2012 A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. – William Blake 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f13. Flash
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. – St Augustine 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f11
When in doubt, just take the next small step. – Regina Brett, at 90 28mm, ISO 2000. 30 secs at f10. Incandescent light balance
The future is purchased by the present. – Samuel Johnson 28mm, ISO 2500. 30 secs at f10