Terri of Second Wind Leisure always inspires me to press on, past being too busy, having too many trials, dealing with sorrow or pain. She does it all and still posts Sunday Stills each week – internet or no internet. This week Sunday Stills examines the celestial regions: sun, moon, stars and clouds, and UFOs. I’m kidding, no UFOs, but her first picture is very interesting!
“The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.”
Deng Ming-Dao
Tiny Photo Tip
I found out this week from Cee Neuner why my moon shots with my Canon Rebel are not as clear and precise as a regular point and shoot camera or cell phone. First of all, my lens is old, but more importantly it is long. What little light there is has to go through a long dark valley of the shadow of death. So what you see are ghostly pictures of the moon. You can barely see a celestial rabbit in the moon.
“Yesterday I inhaled a cloud, and immediately my eyes started raining.”
Jarod Kintz
“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Coming up
- June Story Chat “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree” by Debbie Harris June 8
- Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays Writing Challenge #WQWWC # 28 – Summer 2021
- Challenge Interview Series – Denyse Whelan: Forging Friendships Link by Link
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! 🙂
Now It’s Your Turn
Check out more great Celestial photos in Terri’s comment section or easier still, click on her list to visit all of last week’s Stills Community. Thank you Terri for all the effort you put into each Sunday Stills post.
If you know of someone noteworthy who hosts a challenge or is a passionate participant in one or more challenges who would like to talk about their experiences, contact me for an interview.
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
60 responses to “#Sunday Stills: Be Still and Look Up”
Great advice from Cee. I hope you have an opportunity to get some shots with your new camera on the next full moon. I do love the first shot with the miniature lights wrapped around the palm in the foreground. Those blue sky shots are incredible! 🙂
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Thanks Lisa. How are you doing. Three more days, right? You can send me a text or email. Thinking about you!
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I’m doing okay. Had my pre-op today. Blood work, EKG, saw the doc. I got a temp. handicap parking pass. Woop Woop! Good til October. I have to go back to the VA in the morning to get my knee cart to get around. Surgery is Thursday! 🙂
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You’ll do great. You’re super strong. Stay healthy in the mean time. 🙂
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Thanks Marsha! I can’t wait to get stronger. I’m missing my hula hoop. LOL! 🙂
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There you go. My waist is missing your hula hoop. LOL
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LOL! It won’t be long now. You need to get you a hula hoop and we can hula hoop together to the oldies. 🙂
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LOL. I can’t even hold one up. Cindy said she’s pretty good. It would sure be good exercise. 🙂
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It’s all about the core and great exercise. 😊
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Oops. That’s my weak area! 🙂 LOL
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Uh oh. Guess we got some work to do when I get better. 😂
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Some stunning skies here Marsha!
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Thanks, Sarah. We had some stunning skies in CA.
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the wake up sleepy heads photo is fantastic!
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Thanks, Jim. When I got up on time, there were some beautiful shots to capture. 🙂
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the early bird catches the sunrise…
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Yes, this is true. You don’t find too many of those kinds of shots in my portfolio. 🙂 LOL
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I’m a morning person, so I have always been partial to sunrises…
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We get up, my husband especially. He’s up by 4:00, but we don’t always get outside.
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4:00 is a little early for me:)
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Not for our kitties.
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for the most part, our dog waits for us to get up…
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Lucky you!
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but then she spends the rest of day in a constant search for food…
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Sounds like me! LOL! 🙂
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🙂
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These are brilliant images all round, Marsha. You did very well with your moon shots despite your lens. You worked with what you got, and I liked how the ghostly moon turned out round, yellow and glowy. The softness surrounding your moon photo makes it all the more peaceful, comforting and welcoming. Also really enjoyed the sunrise shot. It’s almost as if the sun can’t wait to spring out into the sky and greet us all. Hope you are well and take care 🙂
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Mabel, what a lovely comment. Your words could easily become a poem. Here’s a quick 3-2-3 Haiku from your words.
ghostly moon
yellow
soft, glowy
comforting
peaceful
welcoming
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You are so skilled at writing and that haiku was so deftly put together. I like it. Well done, Marsha. Hoping to see more creativity from you 🙂
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Give me some more words. You created that Haiku. I counted syllables. 🙂
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You are so kind, Marsha. It was you. I just provided you with some help 🙂 Keep writing.
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Thanks, Mabel.
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[…] This last photo I took when the moon was out during the day with my iPhone 7. I cheated on this one Marsha. […]
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Wow!! Brilliant shots!
This is such a great theme.
I will continue to experiment wiith this topic (stealing from your great examples).
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Thanks, Donna. I like the topic, but I’m terrible at night shots. I haven’t tried any with my new camera yet. though. 🙂
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I love your moon quotes Marsha and your captures of the moon are fabulous! Cloud photos are some of my favourites too :). Nicely done and thanks again for the promotion of Story Chat coming up soon!
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Thanks, Deb. I loved the moon quote, too. Using quotes has now become a regular part of my blog posts. I have a broad choice of intelligent sayings from someone who has said something so much more concisely than I can say it. It then guides my thinking, which has, by osmosis, become more brilliant. 🙂 LOL! 🙂
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your pics of the moon and words are a 10 ❣️
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Cindy, really? A ten??? Wow. I’ll take it! 🙂
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Just lovely to see and read “always look up”…we humans need to detach from the mini and small (worries too) and look UP far more often. So many stories from the skies.
It was a bit exciting seeing my name come up here too Marsha!
Denyse.
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I know, Denyse. I’ve been feeling the same way all week. 🙂
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Those skies are amazingly beautiful. You’ll get the moon yet. 😀
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I know I will. That tip was eye opening! 🙂
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Lovely moon shots, Marsha and those skies! So you use a short lens for the moon? I’ve always tried with my long lens 🙄
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How did that come out? First of all, it’s hard to hold the lens still if it’s very long. I’m going to try it soon with my new Sony and see if I get better results. 🙂
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The ones I posted were all taken with a long lens, some came out better thsn others.
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Interesting point, Cathy. You must have a good lens. What I got from Cee is that because of the make-up of the lens I had, less light got through. I have yet to try night shots with my new camera, and I don’t have a long lens on it.
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Ah, I see. It’s dependent largely on the particcular lens.
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I’m sure. that is true. 🙂
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First of all, thank you for your kind words, Marsha! Isn’t it wonderful to learn from excellent photographers like Cee and others? The best thing about moon or night photography is to try and fail and hopefully get the one fab shot that makes your day! And you did! Love that quote about the moon, too!
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Face it, Terri, the whole post was celestial!! LOL 😜😜😜
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Great photos! I’ve been trying to get a good moon shot too… not yet, unfortunately.
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Mine aren’t fabulous, but that’s partly why I posted them. I’m hoping to get better ones with my new camera. Maybe we can work on it together.
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I love these photos, Marsha. The colours are wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you so much, Tom. Don’t you love it when you can see something in the clouds?
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😳 Oh yes!!! 😊
Sorry, I was so taken by the colours, I didn’t notice anything else… but Superman is clearly there! I’m always seeing things in the clouds; I can’t believe I missed this one! 😊🤣
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Thanks. I’m glad the colors took you in, Tom. It gave Superman a chance to slip by unnoticed to do his work in secret and take off again. Well done, Tom. 🙂
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I love the Jarod Kintz quote and your photos are lovely!
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Thanks and thanks and thanks, Jacquie.
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