Howlin' at the FULL Moon!

Tonight is a full moon. Out here in far north western Queensland, it is very bright. There is easily sufficient light to walk around without a torch.

Night photography is quite interesting with good scenery results with high ISO speed of 800, full aperture and shutter speeds of around 4 seconds.

In town and on the farm, these nights were restless with the animals. Dogs, roosters and other animals can be unsettled and sometimes noisy.

Werewolves obviously come out for a howling good time and patients in hospital and other places are often observed to be restless and unsettled. This gives rise to the term lunatics.

Whether physical due to gravitational forces exerted by the moon, or simply that things can be seen to move in the shadows more on moonlit nights is anybody's guess.Read more