Super Moon

  I always love shooting pictures of the moon. It may be that you get to hang around outside at night, thinking of all the childhood stories about the moon. Made of cheese, man in the moon, cows jumping over it, rocket ships to it, in Texas they even lasso it. Great stories all, but eventually my mind always wanders to the concept that a few men have climbed into a device, lit the equivalent of a bunch of sticks of dynamite and flew to that object so far away. They did not get lost on the way there. Got into another device and fell to the surface. Climbed out and jumped around a bunch. Got back into the device with a bunch more dynamite, blasted off and mated with the original capsule. Again not missing the bobber in the entire universal ocean. Flew back down with a couple of loop de loops before landing and lived to tell about it. That fact that it was 14% closer last night definitely did not make that whole adventure any less impressive even if it

Supermoon caught between buildings.

is called a super moon.

Night at the Movies

  Nostalgia comes in all shapes and sizes. Big screen televisions hark back to the day of big movie screens in an open field with a view so broad it took in the entire sky. Drive-ins had their day or so we all thought, but with the resurgence of places like the Coyote Drive-in on the banks of the Trinity River in Fort Worth, Texas they may be the next wave of the social age.
 
   You would have a hard time measuring the size of the screen and the seating is as comfortable as you would like, the leather seats of your daily sedan or a comfy chair from the porch or a big old blanket. The best part is going with a group of friends or family and spending a little time outside. If the movie does not keep your attention (with "Man Of Steel" that will not be a problem) the stars over head are always interesting and I bet you have not seen them nearly enough lately.

Watching the setting sun, again.

Moon rise and projector beam.

Great view of the City to boot.

Scary critters

If you look really closely at something you always see more than you expected. Does not matter what it is or how many times you have seen it. Small nuances, changes in light, differing moods, they all have an effect on what and how you see. The most enlightening seems to be taking a really close at small things. Macro like things. Bugs especially. Solves the riddle of where do they come up with the monsters in movies, especially the space aliens.
  Something as simple as a dragon fly that you can really take for granted. They never attack, have not been chased, stung or bitten by one in my life. But when you look really close at one those spins, and big eyes, veiny wings and all look pretty darn scary to me.

Piano Face

 Being a photographer and claiming no expertise in piano music I am at a disadvantage in handicapping the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. For my novice ears every one of the contestants is absolutely stellar in their abilities. My tally sheet ends up favoring those with the most expressions. All the pianists make some faces as they play, but a few verge on the comical. For me however, the absolute winner is Italy's Alessandro Deljavan. Expressive, diverse and down right personable to boot.
   Regardless, it is a great way to spend the day and I get to hear some incredible music as well. BEst of luck to all the contestants and their faces.

Alessandro Deljavan with sad face

Ruoyu Huang of China 

Scipione Sangiovanni of Italy

Vadym Kholodenko of Ukraine