AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Monday, October 13, 2008

Silver Godmother


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Moon at Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula
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Manic Monday prompt ~ Moon
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Haunting Lady Moon
Wandering in midnight heavens
Night's silvered shadow
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Godmother of dreams
Poor Cinderellas wish for
The lost glass slipper
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Enigmatic face
Marked with Never Never lands ~
Dealer in romance
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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

How amazing! I have often tried to photograph the moon and it always comes out over-exposed. This picture makes me think of the unity of the Earth - I look at the moon - and so do you, right on the other side of the world! It's the same moon - it's the same world.

I love the music too - please tell me how to do that. I'd like to have some music on my blog but have no clue how to go about it (!)

Durward Discussion said...

That is an amazing photograph. When combined with the poem and music, it is almost unbelievably beautiful

Marie said...

What a beautiful moon shot ;)

paisley said...

gem, that photo is spectacular,, and the vision of the moon as our god mother is very inspiring.....

Desert Songbird said...

How lovely.

Manic Monday - Moon

Alice (in BC Canada) said...

Nice post, Gemma. Happy Manic Monday.

Alice at I Was Born2Cree8

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Unknown said...

Happy MM! Remarkable photo & poem...

I invite your blog readers to see my tribute to the Negro Space Program!

peace, Villager

~Just Me Miranda~ said...

Gorgeous shot, I tried on mine, lol will try again tomorrow night.

Mojo said...

Okay you gotta tell me how you managed to keep the detail in the foreground and not have the moon completely overexposed. Even shooting a double exposure on film I can't imagine how you could've done that. Not with a foreground subject as mobile as a tree. C'mon, dish! I'm heading out tonight for a full-moon-over-the-lake shot, and it would be really helpful to know.

Maria's Space said...

Wow, that is a great photo. There is nothing like the cool and calmness of the moon.

Polly said...

The music and poem fit so beautifully with your picture. Thanks for my peaceful moment of the night!

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