The Lonesome Road

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Moon in the clouds, originally uploaded by shadowfall.

You really have to thank MSEB for this photo. Last night due to a power line trip, MSEB had to pull off “distress” load shedding. So all us Pune dudes had to go beyond the call of duty and take on 1-1.5 hours of power cut over the scheduled four hours.

However, these days, with the advent of the monsoon, the weather is great. You can go almost the whole day without seeing the sun. The day is lit in a half light which seems to have no source. Couple this with cool winds blowing around and it’s almost perfect weather.

Coming back to the photo, last night it was pitch black. No lights other than a few small emergency lamps in some flats. I was really bugged when I entered the balcony - till I looked at the sky. The first thing that came into my mind was the first line of “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes. To quote : The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon the cloudy seas. End quote.

Somehow, I don’t feel justice has been done to the scene by my photo. I could not capture the subtle shades of light that illuminated the clouds. Well, I guess that’s what happens when you can zoom in only 3X optical. I don’t like to use digital zoom. It usually ends up making the pic lose detail.

Anyway, that’s all from me. Looks like it’s going to rain now

Later all!