Insomnia strikes again

“See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.”

Mother Teresa of Calcutta A couple of nights ago, I woke in the middle of the night; nothing real unusual  about that. Occasionally when this happens I get photo ops that I would normally never get; and this time was one of those times.  This particular photo is also thanks to Rascal, who normally sleeps quietly through the night, but this night he had to go, bad, and was whining to go out.  There was this wonderful moon outside, just a sliver but the night was so crisp and clear even the dark side was visible.  I just had to try to capture that image, through adjusting the aperture and exposure, putting the camera on a tripod and using the delayed timer I was able to capture this photo.  Not perfect but pretty good considering I only have a bridge camera. I wish I had the words to convey the wonderfulness of that night.   Crisp, clean, clear Air surrounding me- Profound silence Blanketing me- Only an owl Occasionally Quietly hooting- Peace enveloping me. Wonderful awakening Enjoy ☺☺☺Johnina☺☺☺



The advantages of insomnia

When you can’t sleep at night you can sometimes see things that you wouldn’t see during the day. I’m not talking about dreams here, but real live happenings that on occasion offer some really fun photo ops.  Everyone in our family has sleep problems- insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, sleep walking and just about any sleep problems you can think of.  Consequently we leave a light on in our house all night long so those who can’t sleep can find their way around without stumbling.  We leave the light on above the kitchen window for two reasons- one it doesn’t shine under anyone’s door- two we don’t have to turn on any other light to get a midnight (or sometimes later) snack.  Due to the fact that the curtains are open the light shines outside and it attracts all kinds of insects.  A couple of nights ago I got to meet this genius frog when I got up and got a cup of water.  There he was stuck to the window with this bountiful source of food all around him, coming to him.  Pretty smart, huh.  What a great photo op for me.  I took several photos of him from the kitchen and got some wonderful shots of his underside an feet.

Normally I wouldn’t go outside during the night but this was just to tempting.  I took my camera out and tried real hard to take a photo of him with just the light from inside which was casting some wonderful shadows on him on the outside.  After adjusting the shutter speed and whatever else I could think of I failed to get a good picture of him.  I did happen to capture this really bizarre photo because he was  backlit. In spite of the fact that it did not capture the froggy details I really like this photo  and it’s really strange, compelling beauty.

After failing to get a good photo of him without a flash, I opened up the flash and tried to take his pic.  All I accomplished was scaring him off the window and onto the brick around the window where he posed very nicely for me.  Judging from his look he was not pleased, but he did stay real still for me.

Enjoy

☺☺☺Johnina☺☺☺