I wanted to take pictures of the Perseids (meteor shower), but the moon is up full all night these days and there were clouds moving in. I settled for some long-exposure shots of the place.
The brighter reddish glow is from the unpredictable light on the garage. We thought it might be a motion sensor but it seems to just be random. I couldn't control whether it came on during a shot or not. The moon was up and partly behind trees for most of the time I was out, so it lent a less direct light.
The house.
A pump out by the irrigation ditch. It's dark, but I like the hard metals against the soft sky lit by the moon.
Weather vane - a few stars visible here.
The tree when the garage light is on. The sky is not really blue here, it is just the moonlight and city lights over a long exposure.
Citronella candle: the flame is the only thing that was moving during the shot.
This one has an almost painting-like quality because of the saturation of the light.
One of my favorites: the Big Dipper just over the tree. The garage light was off for most of this one.
Me. Sitting very still.
