greeted with unease
harvest moon on horizon
rising as omen
This haiku is my response to
Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #104: harvest moon.
The Harvest Moon appeared at 11:33pm, Central Time United States, on Friday the 13th.
~ both photos taken that night ~
~ second photo is layered to include both moon and leaves focused ~
(click both for larger views in new tabs)
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#Haiku Happenings #4: Ken’s latest haiku for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thanks for sharing, Frank.
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My pleasure, Ken! 🙂
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Cool photo!
And the haiku, too, with its subtle “bad-luck” hint. (Though I personally do not have bad luck on Friday-the-13th … and it seems you had good camera luck on this past one!)
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Thanks! I’ve seen this moon referred to as a
“micromoon,” since it has reached apogee, so I made sure to extend my zoom to 300. The photo was taken pretty close to “full”, since I have trees all around my house, and I can’t catch it on the horizon from there. At times, I like to try to frame it with leaves, but you can see how blurry the leaves are just outside the glow of the moon. So, I just edited one with a focused moon layered into a focused leaves/moonglow photo I took that night, and I’ve added it to this page.
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Second image is gorgeous! Sometimes cameras need a little help to get what the eye sees. I went out last night (with the dog) and came back in to get camera … moon was incredibly beautiful behind oaks … looked full behind the “screen” … but my camera didn’t capture the effect my eyes/brain were receiving. I ponder adding steps up to my porch roof (flat) for better moon shots …
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The way the world is going perhaps Friday the 13th bodes well instead of ill–everything else is topsy-turvy. But it was a lovely moon here–the clouds were dancing over and around it–and yours looks lovely too.
I can’t figure out why or how some of my moon photos are good and some aren’t—I just keep shooting and hope for the best. (K)
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We had a slight haze, which gave the moon a bit of a glow.
I think I know how to shoot. Then I head back outside to re-shoot, reminding myself that focusing is as important as aperture and shutter speed. With my lens, the moon is still only 20% the height of the frame (these are cropped photos). My son attaches his camera to a spotting telescope and can fill the frame with the moon. He got some great photos of the eclipse when he visited in 2017.
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I just have a point-and-shoot camera. Which has a lot of settings that make no sense to me and are hard to navigate. I do miss my pre-digital camera that was easy to use–except of course for the ability to see immediately what the image looks like.
A telescope is the way to go I think. (K)
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I hope it is a good omen!
I particularly like the moon shot with the leaves.
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Very lovely! ❤
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Thank you. 🙂
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