My family and I went hiking in the White Tank Mountains this afternoon/evening. It was a beautiful day for it here in the Phoenix area, and we were coming down off the mountain just after sunset. My sweeties gave me a new telephoto lens for Christmas, and my husband was game enough to lug my tripod along with me. So when I spotted the full moon rising up into the Belt of Venus (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/stargazing/84903812.html), with a saguaro cactus making a classic Arizona desert shot, I had everything I needed to grab the shot. I'm really tickled with it. I couldn't have gotten the clarity with my normal lens. Expect to see more landscape and wild life photography pop up here in the blog over the coming year.
Then tonight I got to looking at one of the shots, and cropped it in like this:
Oooh...I so want to find a way to make this image into a pendant! Maybe I could learn fused glass? Or print it out, and sandwich it between two glass slides? I've seen some neat work done that way. Or.... I must do some research. There has to be a way. Oh! And it would make a spectacular bead tapestry piece! You could light it from behind, and let the moon just glow. I'd have to find several shades of beads to get the color gradation right. And then I could...
Don't you love it when the wheels start to turn?
Lots of great ideas turning around there, the two glass slides option sounds really interesting. Can't wait to see how it turns up!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture! I definitely see why it got the wheels turning.
ReplyDeleteWOW - love that full moon picture!
ReplyDeleteAngie (blogging buddies)
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You took a beautiful picture - your lens really brought out the moon. Usually it looks so small in photos. I read somewhere that our brains perceive the moon as being larger than it actually is, especially when it is rising and setting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a spectacular photo! Inspiration comes from everywhere!
ReplyDeleteThose are great photos and would make for a pretty pendant.
ReplyDeleteErika
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beautiful shot! Found you through blogging buddies team :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent! I thought this looked like it was taken from White Tanks before I read that in your post :). Definitely the best time of year to be hiking in the Phoenix area!
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone!
ReplyDeleteHave you've considered resin? Just print it out and put the image in metal pendant holder and use resin on top. Should still be able to see the image.
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