An Anticipatory Experiment

Yesterday, Sue mentioned that she had seen a gorgeous strawberry moon during the night. She tried to take a phone photo, but it didn't work out.

Last evening, Shauna also mentioned that there was a beautiful moon, but she opined that one can't take a good moon photo with a phone.

Being somewhat, but not completely housebound, I have had little interest in photography recently. But I did think it possible to capture some sort of lunar photo that might be moderately acceptable although it would likely also require some post editing.

I could not see the moon from any of our windows, but I took a photo in the dark with just street and house lights just to get an idea if it might work.

It ↑ was taken through a screen sans tripod, which should be almost necessary at very slow shutter speeds, but this is what I had after some editing. Of course, there is noise/grain and softness, but I think it shows that a semi-decent lunar photo might be possible.

It was something to try, and I often rather like low key images such as the one above.

. . .  Meanwhile this morning, I've added two tees to the laundry after another nighttime soaking. Sue has kindly trimmed my hair, and I my beard. Neither hair nor beard were terribly long, but my light, fly-away hair can easily look rather wild and unkempt, and I don't wish to present too startling an image to the nurses after a night in the hospital. That's not until mid-week, but one must begin to make ready.