Nice shots. On Sunday morning I left work at about 6:30am, noticed the full-ish moon peeking through the thick mist, and thought the misty moon + lights around my local town centre might make a good contrast (usually the moon would be far too bright). I only live round the corner so went back, grabbed my camera and monopod, and wandered around for a while taking shots... none of them particularly good in the end.
But that's not the point. I was gradually aware of being watched in the otherwise empty centre. A woman was hovering in the entrance to Asda (which was closed, it being Sunday). I shouted out that if she was waiting for Asda to open she'd have a long wait.
She nervously asked who I was. To cut a long story short she was scared to come past me because she was scared I was a mugger... stood in the open with a big DSLR on a stick, obviously taking photographs.
Maybe it was fair enough for her to be a bit anxious... any woman on her own is bound to be in the scaremongered era we live in. But all the same, I felt a bit put out. It's not as if I was hiding in the bushes!
Oh well, never mind. It was definitely one of those days to hang around for a bit just in case that 'chance in a lifetime' shot appears. In the end I just got cold hands and some average shots.
Andrew McP
, was one of the best days of the year to shoot. So pleased I made the 70 mile round trip to the wharf.
