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Clair de Lune

When I was scouting some locations a little while back I came across a beautiful little pastoral valley barely 15 minutes from where we live in Launceston. That's the wonder of living in a regional town, you are never far from reconnecting with nature - and how we all need to recharge our weary batteries.

Living in a big city you need to be like the "Energizer Bunny", all go, go go. But unless you take some time out, a burn out is almost inevitable. And I'm not talking about a physical burnout (although that happens), it's something more spiritual I think. It's why large cities around the world have become the bastions of materialism and prescription drugs (let's not even use that oxymoronic term, "recreational drugs" here). Human beings need to recharge their batteries in Nature. And so I planned to get some early morning shots at Turners Marsh.

Last week we had a full moon, but skies haven't been all that clear recently (good early Spring rains). But when I arrived just before dawn at one of my locations, there was the full moon in all its glory as it was setting just as the sun was coming over the hills in the east.

The most famous piece of music about moonlight was composed in 1890 by Claude Debussy (1862-1918), but not published for another 15 years. Inspired by a poem of the same name by Paul Verlaine, it "depicts the soul as somewhere full of music ‘in a minor key’ where birds are inspired to sing by the ‘sad and beautiful’ light of the moon.

If you'd like to understand the effect this music has on the brain, then take a few minutes to read this informative article. The right kind of music also has the power to tap into nature and recharge our weary cells.
thenotesofscience.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/how-debussys-c...

Taken in: Australia / Tasmania / Turners Marsh (show map)

Taken on: September 22, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/9.0, 1/30 sec, 600mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture One 21 Windows
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