Sunday, 20 February 2011

Moon Sky (Friday Sky Watch)

The fig tree in the neighbours garden has been attracting Fruit Bats - Grey Headed Flying Foxes. These bats have a wing-span of over 1 m and tend to be very noisy, rather bad tempered, a bit on the smelly side and very bad (and I do mean bad) for the paint-work on your car. (It must be all the fruit!)

While watching them I noticed that the moon was doing rather interesting things to the clouds - so, setting the ISO on the camera to high - I was basically photographing in the pitch black - I took some pictures. Tried to do the "bat and moon" thing, but could not manage a really good effort - however the forth picture here does have a bat in it! (If only just!)
I like the way the clouds seem to boil out from the moon.




















































You can find more Friday Sky images here (or by clicking the link on the RHS of this post) .

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Have a good Friday!
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14 comments:

  1. Unknown25 February 2011 at 07:06

    Nice capture, Stewart. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  2. EG CameraGirl25 February 2011 at 07:34

    The sky shots are dramatic. Boiling over is a great description. I can see the bat in the last photo!

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  3. Gabriela Abalo25 February 2011 at 07:40

    Nice shots!!

    cheers from Uruguay :)

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  4. Sylvia K25 February 2011 at 08:07

    Oh, I do agree! Boiling over is a great description and I, too, can see the bat in the last shot! Very dramatic captures and well done, Stewart! Enjoy your weekend!

    Sylvia

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  5. eileeninmd25 February 2011 at 12:28

    Beautiful shots, I love how the moon lights up all the clouds.

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  6. forgetmenot25 February 2011 at 14:46

    Beautiful moon shots! Wow. Aren't night skies lovely so often! Mickie

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  7. Chubskulit Rose25 February 2011 at 15:37

    Gorgeous! I am now a follower of your blog.

    Please come and see the Irresistible Sky at my page.

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  8. Esme Sy25 February 2011 at 16:12

    Gorgeous shots.

    My entry.

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  9. Regina 25 February 2011 at 16:38

    Awesome capures!

    Have a great weekend.
    Regina

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  10. Carletta25 February 2011 at 17:30

    Love the clouds!
    I think the second one is my favorite!

    Carletta's Captures

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  11. Mark25 February 2011 at 21:41

    You also have some splendid shots, I really like shot 1, "unreal colours' and my favourite; power lines.

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  12. Gemma Wiseman25 February 2011 at 22:27

    Wonderful variety of sky textures! Especially love the first and third photos with the rumble of cloud colour round the moon!

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  13. jabblog26 February 2011 at 02:03

    I love your moon shots in the boiling clouds, especially the one with the bat. It's very hard to capture bats in flight so I think you deserve a pat on the back ;-)

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  14. Johnny Nutcase26 February 2011 at 06:09

    ohhh I love when the moon and clouds work together like that - makes for such a brilliant looking image. Glad you got some photos, very nice!

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