Light effects

My attention was drawn to John Scalzi's Monday Photoshoot, which was all about Light effects. As far as I am concerned, the best light effects occur between sunset and sunrise, strangely enough. I have a large number of sunset pics, but decided to feature this eerie image of the moon rising.

I took it late in the evening of 29 June this year, when there was a Lunar Standstill at Callanish. Contrary to the druid worshippers who congregate at the Callanish Stones at either of the solstices each year, the Stones are actually a Lunar monument. On 29 June, the moon rose at sunset (it being a full moon), passed behind Roineabhal to reemerge to the right. That is the point at which this photograph was taken. Roineabhal, a hill some 8 miles south of Callanish, appears to be the head of the Sleeping Beauty Mountain. It is a range of hills in the east of Lewis, which are shaped in the form of a reclining woman, when viewed from Callanish.

Although it was close to midnight, it was not dark (as can be discerned in this picture) and there were dozens of people at Callanish to witness the phenomenon.

I am a wee bit melancholic, viewing this picture. It is now late November, and the sun barely puts in an appearance. Particularly on a day like today, with grey skies and continual rain, it hardly gets light. Sunset will occur at 3.45pm.

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