{"id":3004,"date":"2011-10-12T20:42:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T03:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2011-10-12T20:42:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T03:42:45","slug":"dont-the-moon-look-lonesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2011\/10\/dont-the-moon-look-lonesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t The Moon Look Lonesome"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The irregular Rifftides<\/em> series of posts inspired by moon sightings now continues. A half-hour ago, I glanced out the window at the harvest moon beginning its transit across the valley. It was framed by the branches of a huge fir tree, but clouds were beginning to move across its face. If I was going to get a shot, it had to be soon. I dashed downstairs, grabbed the el cheapo digital camera, bounded back up to the kitchen, removed the window screen, flung open the window and had time for two quick shots before clouds hid the moon. A proper camera with a long lens might have been ideal for sharpness and size, but it would not have produced the impressionist image that emerged with only a bit of editing manipulation.<\/p>\n

All right, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a great picture, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an excuse to listen to Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie.<\/p>\n