It's usually a 13-hour ordeal that involves 5 hours of driving and 8
hours of standing in freezing winds... But this time, it was a bit longer.
Inspired
by my friend's eagle shots with golden river waves at sunrise, I got up
at 3:45am and left home at 4:30am. It was dark, as always, but the
difference this time was -- the almost-full moon was setting right in
front of me. Reddish orange color, hanging quietly in the sky and
sliding down smoothly... It's nothing like sunset, where you can see
and feel the residual power long after the sun sets. With the moon-set,
there is tremendous quietness to it. It brings you beauty and
imagination, but then it disappears suddenly and completely -- GONE,
just like that! You find yourself being left in the dark again... but
with more thoughts and even more imagination!
I
finished the day around 4:30pm. As I drove home, the moon was quietly
rising in the sky. Unlike the sunrise, moon-rise does not scream for
attention. It just blends into the late afternoon sky calmly with its
bluish white color and forever elegance... I wonder if there will ever
be a time when people start paying more attention to the beauty of
moon-rise and moon-set.
In between the moon-set and moon-rise, I was able to capture some pretty awesome actions!
February 9, 2017
Quad Cities, Iowa
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