As I said yesterday, Julia had a job lined up for me in the afternoon.
It involved going to the farm to collect some stuff for a Mencap Open Day. There we found geese, a couple of men in a shed and a Ferguson tractor. The tractor had all four wheels on, which was something I hadn’t seen before. It always seems to have one off for some sort of work.
From there we went to the Garden Centre for a late lunch (both having Bacon Stilton and Mango Chutney paninis with salad and vegetable crisps), dropped stuff off at the gardens then took an hour-long tour of the Ring Road. I didn’t enjoy that last bit.
I took the opportunity of taking a couple of night shots while we were at the gardens – they seemed to work out OK although the autofocus seemed to struggle a bit with the moon. I don’t think it’s ever had to work at a distance of 384,000 km before, so I expect it had a bit of a surprise.
I love those moon shots where the partial silhouette shows as well. It looks like a giant eye trained on the greater universe.
Thank you. I thought I’d have a go and they seemed to come out well.
Pictures are all lively!
Thank you. 🙂
Lovely moon shots and I liked the geese too.
Thank you. As you can probably tell, the geese weren’t too keen on me. 🙂
Are geese ever keen on anyone?
This lot are notably aggressive – they killed several ducks over the years.
My parents used to keep geese as well as chickens and one of the ganders killed all the goslings and any chicks that got in his way. My parents donated him to their neighbours who ate him. The geese were much better behaved after he went.
Sometimes you have to take decisive action. We gave the main culprit away but there are still some bad-tempered ones left. 🙂
Great moon photos! Oh, and the panini? Sounds wonderful!
It was good, though they used to be bigger. 🙂
Such clarity in all these shots
🙂 Thank you.
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I think your moon shots are gorgeous–Same one I saw tonight leaving the garden. I especially like the one with the full shadow showing–the new moon in the old moon’s arms.
Thank you. I’m not sure how I got that shot as I just took 4 shots – two at each of two focal lengths. The new moon in the old moon’s arms is a lovely way of putting it.
Lovely photographs including the moon over Nottingham. Which I can see out of my Window.
If I recall rightly you had an example on your blog at one time, though a more complete example. 🙂
I did yes. I find the Moon very fascinating.
It was your picture that made me think of taking my own shot. 🙂
Thank you. I’m pleased I inspired you.
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