Cardinal, Hunter Hill, End of Winter, originally uploaded by James S. Oppenheim.

Sunday, March 6, 2011 — heavy rain. A day indoors, a few minutes looking out the window, waiting, gathering . . . .

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Cloud Sea Moon I, originally uploaded by James S. Oppenheim.

The studio has incredible capabilities this year as regards “capture” and processing. Tonight’s adventure brought out of the closet my 80-200mm Nikkor, not exactly a telescope but fair enough for fast work beneath a full moon.

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Cloud Sea Moon II, originally uploaded by James S. Oppenheim.

A human sees a bright full moon above a scrim of fast moving clouds, white where thin, dark where thick; film and digital sensors or substrates see the same a little differently. This has the look of astrophotography, but it’s very much earthbound and all the more ethereal for it.

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Assateague Sunrise, originally uploaded by James S. Oppenheim.

For market, I’ve committed to “data mining” my slide archives, a lifetime of ambition channeled into casual and often unpredictable opportunities.

Thank God I got out now and then.

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