Crescent Moon-'Tipping water'.

[hotspur]

Just finished mowing the lawn late this afternoon,I saw the crescent moon slipping away to the west,so before putting mower away,I quickly took a few images.Using a Canon 50D and 400 L hand held.

According to the older farmers and graziers,A crescent moon on this angle-is 'Tipping the water'--apparently it means it will be a wet month.The same crescent moon-more tilted to bottom-is 'catching the water'-suppose to mean little rain.

All stories and just something to talk about I guess,But I have noticed these basic bush observations seem fairly close to the mark-(please note BBT's I am not intending to open a can of worms here)

Anyhow,I hope this image is of interest,I was lucky to get the capture between clouds (again),and the gum trees framed it well.

Thanks for looking-Chris

[Octane]

That is really pretty, Chris.

The dark blue background with the silhouette of the trees really does frame the bright Moon beautifully.

H

[Derek Klepp]

Its raining here in Northern NSW this morning a little. Interesting those old sayings.Nice Pic.
Derek

[hotspur]

Thanks Derek and Humayan,I was fairly pleased with how this image turned out,considering no planning or tripod,I think the camera settings were 1/60th of sec,iso 400 F 5.6,The 'dark blue' in the image is really close to how it looked by eye.There was no 'earthshine'.

Just wondering why is it we sometimes see 'earthshine' and sometimes we do not see it?I'll try and crop this image and re post.

Thanks for looking-Chris

[DavidTrap]

Nice detail Chris.
DT