I set off last week to photograph the eclipse of the moon; it was a bit of a last minute decision as the cloud looked like it was clearing just at the peak of the eclipse. Once I got to some higher ground, I could see that cloud was still obstructing the moonrise and that I wasn’t going to see the eclipse. Luckily for me the sunset was proving quite spectacular, with some great colours showing. A quick change of plans saw me on the Clyne Common road trying to find some foreground interest to frame up. The result is the image below. It’s not bad, but it would have been better if I had had the time to move closer to the bush, so it was above the horizon. It is a bit too close to the horizon for my liking at the moment.
After I explored the classical landscape shots, I indulged myself with a few cloud pattern images. The range of colours,?cloud shape and textures was changing rapidly, providing quite a few opportunities for a different image.
The wind wasn’t that strong, but it did seem to keep the clouds moving. I was hoping that as the sun approached the horizon, there wouldn’t be any cloud to obstruct it. No luck there, so the image opportunities fizzled out a bit, but the sun still produced some wonderful colours where it lit the clouds.
