Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Blue Light Special

After recently posting a photo of townhall and the bridge lights, Sue and I were back there last evening because the bridge was lit in blue to honour Big Sisters and Brothers. As I sit here typing this, I look out my den window and think that I should have gone this morning to catch the light of morning breaking behind townhall, but there are other things on the agenda today. I like the photo as is, however. By the way, there will be  a different display soon, so I'll probably post another photo within in the next week or so.


I hadn't been paying attention, but there was a full moon, and Sue got a few phone pics. I was unprepared to get out my gear, but it was a good rising. I haven't photographed a full moon since sometime last year.

Sue got this on our way home.

Sue had a photo prompt yesterday that resulted in us collaborating on this 5 second exposure of her letting icing sugar fall on a brownie. It's not  great photo, but it is mission accomplished. It did require a few takes and adjusting the lighting to capture this as well as we did.

That is a doily on top of the brownie to try to create a design,
but it took many attempts, and the sugar was piling up. 

Of course, she made a composite of the process.


Sue's Bridge Photos: two of me and one of the ripples after a boat went by. I had just my gear away and scrambled to get it out, but, alas, I was late. I was yelling for the boat to come back, but, of course, it didn't hear me.

This is where I took my photo that I posted up top.


I am dying inside over missing this shot.


20 comments:

MARY G said...

Certainly, as soon as you take down the equipment, the best shot of all evinces. This is most often seen while trying to take a photo of baby to send to relatives. Yes? Love the blue and yes, the blue ripples are amazing. with kudos to Sue.
We are starting a photo club out here and my sole ambition is to learn how to use my phone as a camera better. Lugging a bag full of lenses and hoisting heavy camera bodies full of big batteries is becoming less and less attractive.
Nice moon capture, too. With reflections, yet.

gigi-hawaii said...

I love the night shots, especially the full moon.

Debby said...

That last shot is spectacular, but you've caught 'spectacular' before. Hope that brings you some amount of comfort. You also missed a partial lunar eclipse last night. So they say. I wouldn't know, having been tucked up in bed.

Sandra said...

Your town is pretty, photogenic. That moon photo is stunning and taken with a phone camera. Wow. You may have missed the shot but Sue got it, so not really missed.

Val Ewing said...

Those ripples of reflected light are pretty amazing.
I love the shots of the sugar falling down. That is a hard one to do!
I used something similar one time to 'create' snow on Lego minifigs to simulate snow. I know how hard and fun it is to do!
That town hall and bridge are so photogenic! I can see capturing it in as many ways as possible.

Rosalea said...

Wow. That is quite the shot! Pretty colour of blue.

DrumMajor said...

Oh Mr. AC, you didn't miss the shot. Seems to me there was a duck that went swimming nearby. Much better than a boat, eh? Linda in Kansas

Margaret said...

Sue's full moon and the last shot are spectacular indeed! I imagine that there is a lot of FOMO with photography.

RedPat said...

All great shots of the bridge. I think it was a harvest moon last night. It was certainly bright.

DJan said...

Great full moon shot!

Marcia said...

Who writes those prompts that Sue follows? That was a bit strange request to photo sugar falling. We looked at the moon last night while the eclipse was just starting.

roentare said...

The final product shoot is just unique and spectacular

Marie Smith said...

The the bridge and lights photos. The last is a keeper!

Cloudia said...

These are lovely AC. Sue's moonlight photo is a stunner. I will be publishing a Hawaiian version of same at midnight East Coast time for Thursday. Take care of yourself. Aloha

Jenn Jilks said...

Really well done. I love the equipment.

peppylady (Dora) said...

When I hear term blue light. I think of K-mart.

Kay said...

You guys have such photographic fun! I heard it was the Harvest moon? I think.

jabblog said...

Beautiful photographs. You don't lack lovely places to photograph, but I suspect you find beauty wherever you look.

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

Those blue ripples really were lovely and it is nice that the bridge is lit for various causes as it presents great photo opps. The sugar being sprinkled on the brownie was very unusual and Did you sample it afterwards, minus most of that powdered sugar topping?

Jeanie said...

Every one of these, both of your works, are wonderful. Love the blues!