tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post6351357776884091788..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: A rising moon.....Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-7665698867166607312013-02-11T22:22:47.163+00:002013-02-11T22:22:47.163+00:00Camera shake is usually a problem. So I prop the c...Camera shake is usually a problem. So I prop the camera onto something. The best way would also be to use the self time setting but I always forget. But I propped it on the windowsill upstairs and pressed the shutter. It's still a bit blurred but better than holding in my hands!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-9748997773132551712013-02-11T22:21:51.653+00:002013-02-11T22:21:51.653+00:00Oh I LOVE that idea.... I must look that up... and...Oh I LOVE that idea.... I must look that up... and look up at that :-)Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-50925225005895181202013-02-11T22:21:23.973+00:002013-02-11T22:21:23.973+00:00Thanks Perpetua. I love the moon but keep forgetti...Thanks Perpetua. I love the moon but keep forgetting to look out for it till it's too dark for me to take photos with my cameraSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-50915912105424159932013-02-11T22:20:55.734+00:002013-02-11T22:20:55.734+00:00Thanks Sybil!Thanks Sybil!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-30407604353793261252013-02-11T22:20:45.370+00:002013-02-11T22:20:45.370+00:00Bah!! After all you've done for that child an...Bah!! After all you've done for that child and she doesn't appreciate the moon?? Send her to bed without any supper. Tee hee!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-37664680326008130032013-02-11T22:20:15.340+00:002013-02-11T22:20:15.340+00:00Thanks for dropping by. I love the images on your ...Thanks for dropping by. I love the images on your blog too!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-10290798547207381362013-02-11T22:18:17.175+00:002013-02-11T22:18:17.175+00:00The moon is one of my favourite subjects :-)The moon is one of my favourite subjects :-)Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-66782236692029561762013-02-11T22:18:01.887+00:002013-02-11T22:18:01.887+00:00Yes I love that poem too!Yes I love that poem too!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-31668174980211356772013-02-11T19:02:54.494+00:002013-02-11T19:02:54.494+00:00That's one of my favourite poems, and it defin...That's one of my favourite poems, and it definitely suits Sian's photos.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-1294468282613592382013-02-06T23:05:56.924+00:002013-02-06T23:05:56.924+00:00Great moon close up. Did you take that with your ...Great moon close up. Did you take that with your Lumix? I have never been able to get a good close up with it.Bev Sykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794928133704720689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-13629654743104390682013-02-04T06:31:57.751+00:002013-02-04T06:31:57.751+00:00The Native Americans see a rabbit in the moon. The Native Americans see a rabbit in the moon. WOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03775462248193876148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-28925384931455631342013-02-03T15:41:10.166+00:002013-02-03T15:41:10.166+00:00Glorious, Sian.Glorious, Sian.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-22895533017261138872013-02-02T23:04:53.587+00:002013-02-02T23:04:53.587+00:00Lovely photos.Lovely photos.Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-5935893165751816702013-02-02T19:39:19.587+00:002013-02-02T19:39:19.587+00:00It was most certainly an impressive moon. I pointe...It was most certainly an impressive moon. I pointed it out to the teenage girl child in my life. Thoroughly unimpressed. I may recycle her.Fay McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573998704716650377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-47216570704181425542013-02-02T19:38:00.674+00:002013-02-02T19:38:00.674+00:00thank you or sharing .. I adore the moments you ke...thank you or sharing .. I adore the moments you kept in the fotos SH -ichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682202730223613014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-50620212912846625142013-02-02T18:12:33.466+00:002013-02-02T18:12:33.466+00:00beautiful :)beautiful :)Babzy.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08726884546505964576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-86844172557265205692013-02-02T15:01:27.989+00:002013-02-02T15:01:27.989+00:00That reminds me of a poem by Walter de la Mare whi...That reminds me of a poem by Walter de la Mare which I learned at school and always loved.<br /><br />Silver<br />Slowly, silently, now the moon<br />Walks the night in her silver shoon;<br />This way, and that, she peers, and sees<br />Silver fruit upon silver trees;<br />One by one the casements catch<br />Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;<br />Couched in his kennel, like a log,<br />With paws of silver sleeps the dog;<br />From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep<br />Of doves in silver feathered sleep<br />A harvest mouse goes scampering by,<br />With silver claws, and silver eye;<br />And moveless fish in the water gleam,<br />By silver reeds in a silver stream. <br />Walter de la Mare<br /><br />Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593823553450094833noreply@blogger.com