When you can't sleep....

It's been raining on and off the last few days - even when not raining it's been yuck and overcast. I couldn't sleep, so I got out of bed at 2am and realised that the sky was clear so I grabbed the camera, went to the back yard and for the first time this year sat and looked at the stars for a bit. It was one of those comedy of errors situations - I forgot about the moon which was positioned right in front of the stars (of all the days in the month to try, it was the one night that had the moon positioned there) and the lens I was using was f4, so it wasn't particularly fast. But considering I am 20km from the city, and 5km from the airport, I think it didn't turn out too badly, considering I was rushed and out of practice. There is nothing overly thrilling and artistic about the shot, but I am excited now about the upcoming season! Also, the clouds moved back in about 5 minutes later.

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