DAY 40: A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE
Last night (or, rather, after midnight this morning), I decided to go on an adventure. I told my husband I wanted to go out again and take pictures of snow scenes around town while the snow was still fresh and falling. He just wasn’t up to it - thought it was too late and I guess he didn’t think I was as serious as I was and he fell asleep.
So……I slipped on some boots, got my camera and went without him!
There were a few people out and about, but not many. Driving down East Main, I saw Ryder’s Cemetery. I wondered what it would look like under a blanket of snow…and I wondered if anyone had ever seen that cemetery in the snow…so I eased my way up the hill.
It was the quietest place EVER – it was as if everyone there was tucked in for the night and sharing a big white blanket. It felt very ethereal.
A technical lesson I’ve learned is that I really must consider some sort of tripod when taking pictures at night. Although the snow lit up the landscape a lot, it was still too dark to get good photographs without a flash and my pictures weren’t very clear due to my moving the camera while the shutter was still open.
But despite that, I loved my nocturnal adventure.
I did feel a little bad, though, when I got home and my cat was peering out the door waiting for me…and Stephen was awake and also waiting.
Maybe it is a little odd or weird, but I don’t care. The snow and all its possibilities excited me and I acted on that. A girl needs a spontaneous adventure every now and then!
