As I carefully walk toward the rippling water my shoes sink in the soft mud. You tell me to listen to what the frogs are saying. I try, but I don’t know how to be still enough. A small patch of yellow flowers grows near the shore and I struggle to get closer to them. What are they saying? The Worm Moon bursts out from behind the clouds shining a spotlight across the water. Everything seems to be calling out. I swallow my words and listen harder.
“The gold tree is blue,
The singer has pulled his cloak over his head.
The moon is in the folds of the cloak.”
—Wallace Stevens
For my third attempt at full moon photography, I visited Folsom Lake at sunset. It felt magical and different. My daughter drew a moth in the sand. Spring is here.
Let me know if you like these and if you have a favorite. These photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW.
Beautiful photographs.
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I’m happy you enjoyed them, Trev. Thank you.
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Love the tranquil scenery. 🙂 6 and 10 are great close-up snapshots! ❤
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I’m glad you liked these, Tom. It was a beautiful evening spent with my sweet daughter.
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Bridgette. Number 9 touches me, the half light, the world is between sleep and waking a sense of calm is all around, before the chaos of life begins☺️nice photos❤️
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That is one of my favorites too. There was something so magical about the way the clouds covered the moon—you captured it well with your poetic words. Thank you.
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8 and 9 are my favourites, Bridgette! ❤️😊
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Thanks, John! It was fun watching the moon dance amongst the clouds.
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You are welcome, Bridgette. 😊
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Bridgette, I love your words and pictures SO MUCH! Tell your daughter how much I enjoy her moth! I can’t wait to capture the Worm Moon. How beautiful and perfect! 🌕
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Thank you for the kind words! It was a really lovely evening. I think this tradition of photographing the full moon is one I’m starting to really enjoy.
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It’s my pleasure!! I love taking them, too! Isn’t it magical? Happy Easter to you and yours!
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Happy Easter!
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Nice verse, Bridgette. Love #3
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That was one of my favorites! I loved how the reflection of the moon seemed to be pointing to the lone patch of flowers growing near the shore.
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Beautiful shots.
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Thank you so much!
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One picture is better than the next. Great shots
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You are so kind! Thank you.
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Wonderful photography. All full Moon are nice. Amazing & my favourite 2&8.
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Thank you! Those are some of my favorites too.
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Most welcome , Bridgette, it’ good too!
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Moth!
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My daughter drew about a dozen of them in the sand of various sizes. I hope it makes someone happy to stumble upon them later.
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I’m sure it did, thinking back to the brightly-painted stones I found scattered in the woods near my house.
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Beautiful pictures. I thought I had a favourite, until I saw the next one 🙂 Maggie
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You are so kind! Thank you.
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There’s a saying, “may you learn from your failings,” but I’d restate, “you only learn when you fail.” Success teaches nothing. Maybe you’ll be surprised what touched me most in what you’ve kindly presented here.
Yes, many of your moons are beautiful, but where I landed is…
Your introductory text. To fail is no failing at all. And when shared it carves a path through the forest for all of us. Generously beautiful. I call your words poetic, exactly as they lay beneath your worm moon. I love this poem whether made to be a poem, or not.
Second, who teaches us the most? We are the worm that learns to fly. So I adore the hand of human in the world. Not for intrinsic merit but because it is kin to me. Thus the drawing in the sand, the moth-like butter & fly, is what touches me with meaning most personally meaningful.
Good job, both of you.
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Words are really my first love so it brings me great joy to find mine touched you. I tried to capture the feeling of standing there, of what it was like to hear those frogs and wonder at why I can’t be still enough to really listen. I’m glad you found it to be a poem, because it is. It is because I say it is, as someone wise once told me.
I’m happy you liked my daughter’s moth as well. She drew about a dozen or so all over the beach in various sizes. I like to think what will happen later, when someone stumbles across them. Will they try to find them all? Will seeing a moth reminding them to look for the light? Or maybe the wind will simply wipe it away without a trace. It’s the possibilities which bring me such joy.
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Wow clicks, picture #3 is perfect 👌 the words you pen down are picture perfect n moving dearest. Loved it.
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Thank you! That’s the picture that most goes with the words, I think. It makes me very happy you liked the pairing.
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Does look a magical evening and how lovely to have spent it with your daughter. 🦋 They are all gorgeous!
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Thank you! Yes, I’m so blessed to have evenings like this with her. Me, silently clicking away with my camera and trying to find those calling frogs. Her, drawing moths across the sand with sticks. It was really dark when we walked back and we stumbled upon two geese who scared us by leaping up so near we felt the rush of their wings.
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Fabulous job and joy mom, building these type of memories with your daughter. They are the greatest gifts in my life. 💞
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pizzz pie
in the sky
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Yes!
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how the eyes , see no matter it maybe a mystery
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I hope you see the progress you are making. I love these. Some are beautiful, some are mysterious, the last one is breathtaking.
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You are very kind. I do think these are the best moon photos I’ve taken so far. I appreciate your sweet words.
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The words at the start of the post are as beautiful as the photos!
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I’m so glad you think so. Thank you very much!
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Fantastic photos and poetry!
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I’m glad you liked both. Thank you!
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What a magical night you have captured, Bridgette! 💞💞💞
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Thank you! It was pretty amazing.
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I think #5 sets the standard, capturing most aspects of the moon show. Great work.
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Thank you! It’s been a fun challenge.
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The best photography. I much like 8th pic.
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