Last night, as we drove up the hill after seeing an early movie, we could see a HUGE moon (August’s BLUE moon) just cresting the hill ahead of us. Breathtaking!
We drove home, and I grabbed my camera and quickly walked back to to where we had the fantastic view. The moon had already risen, and did not appear nearly as large as it had five minutes earlier. To make matters worse, it was heading into a thick bank of clouds. I didn’t have time for manual settings, so basically clicked 3 times before the moon completely disappeared. I guess I should have chosen Program Mode, which I almost never use. The first shot (in Aperture Priority) had a shutter speed of 1/8 second! – and ISO 200. You can see a bit of the trees and cars on the street. For the next one, I hurriedly set my dial to my custom user setting, which includes Auto ISO- and the ISO shot up to 6400! The shutter speed was 1/20. Ridiculous settings- I might as well have used my phone! These shots won’t win any prizes, but they captured a moment!
Today, I went with the theme- school– an easy one for me, the lover (and hoarder) of school and office supplies. This is the beginning of my third year of being retired from teaching. It might be time to let go of some of the mountain of school supplies I’m hanging on to. We are going to try to fit some into our car as we head to Wyoming next week. Miles’s preschool has just moved to a new location, thanks to his mama, who is the chairman of the preschool board and the director. I’m sure they will make good use of some of my teaching materials.
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