Low clouds filtered the bright, December moonlight, and faintly spread it over the water, giving a surreal quality to the scene.

It was late and I didn’t want to fuss with the tripod, so I opened the window and braced the camera against the window frame for the long exposure. Remarkably, the [...]

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In the quiet hour before dawn, there are stirrings around the pond. Leaves fall silently past our window. The visiting flock of ruddy ducks, roused from their slumber, gather quietly in a round restless formation, for what I imagine to be their morning head count. “Is everyone here?” A crescent moon [...]