No, I'm not on a different Moon calendar than you: I've photographed this waxing Luna at the beginning of the month.



No, I'm not on a different Moon calendar than you: I've photographed this waxing Luna at the beginning of the month.
It's been a while since I posted a minimalist full moon, so here is one from last week.
Now you can play "count the craters." :)
These are not my favorites, but I do like that moment when the Moon begins to resemble a giant cartoon star when you photograph it from a certain angle.
This is last night's near-full Moon viewed from the mountains before it got fully engulfed by the clouds and a day's worth of rain and even hail.
Naturally, I did the next best thing and watched the eclipse on video.
Having finished a number of massive projects in the past few days, I was finally able to edit last month's photographs of the lunar crescent that I captured in Ueno Park.
By pure coincidence, my interview with Inoran of the legendary Luna Sea came out as well. So, today has been all about Japan's Moon (yes, I'm making an awkward "luna" pun).
The City eats you up and spits you out. Its lights—especially its lights—mask the permanent night of Postmodernity.
At night, the emptiness of urban spaces—that practically swarm with human masses in the day time—marks a certain kind of regularly scheduled dystopia.
Here is another Snow Moon nightscape. These otherworldly colors are created by mixing the natural light in front of me with the electric equivalent behind me.
On Friday, I stayed up late after all.
Late enough to observe the Moon over the lake making the valley's lights that much brighter.
Just like I wanted.
"What are you doing on the balcony?"
"Watching the Moon."
"Photographing?"
"No, just watching."
The winds were so strong pushing the clouds so rapidly that this created an optical illusion of the Moon traveling through the sky, while at the same time remaining stationary.
I reluctantly went to get the camera.
I'm behind on my Moon-posting duties. Here is something to make up for this indiscretion from the evening of January 5: