Look the other way

Pin Oak Road
Photograph by Tom Atwood

This odd photo, which looks like a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was actually an accident. I went out tonight to shoot the crescent moon setting at dusk. I parked my tripod in the shadow of a tree to avoid a glow from the farmer's yardlight (and to avoid being seen trespassing in his field). As I was shooting the barn (see the banner photo at the top of this website), I looked around and noticed the unusual shadows from the farm light. Suddenly, it looked much more interesting than the picture I was taking. To get this photo, all I did was look the other way. Shutter: 30 seconds; Aperture: f/3.5; ISO: 100; Focal length: 18 mm.