November Nocturne - Night two

TheRubySusan

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Henry, IL
Name
Ruby
I was going to kill two birds with one stone - do an exercise for the local photo club and shoot the sunset for the Nocturne. Right on the cusp between day and twilight, with the D40 on the tripod and no time to spare, I turned around and this black monument was glowing as if gilded. Literally two minutes later, the effect had faded.
SOOC except for some cropping in the foreground.
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Sunset Gilding by rubyj29, on Flickr

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Sunset Gilding by rubyj29, on Flickr
 
Across the street, at Midnight

Late at night in the small town where I live. Sitting at my desk in my writing studio, remember the words of Edar Allan Poe -
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"
And though it is/was bitterly cold, I decided to step outside and walk down the street....to see what I could see.

And this is what I saw -

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Across the street, at Midnight by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
 
Late at night in the small town where I live. Sitting at my desk in my writing studio, remember the words of Edar Allan Poe -
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"
And though it is/was bitterly cold, I decided to step outside and walk down the street....to see what I could see.

And this is what I saw -

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Across the street, at Midnight by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr

I feel right at home! Except I'm not sure there would have even been a pickup truck out at midnight in Henry. I'll have to check one night this week!
It's interesting you should quote Poe. After I "liked" a photo a friend shared from "Owl Pages," (a site dedicated to providing information about real owls) Facebook suggested as similar, among other pages, "Edgar Allan Poe." If there was a shred of sense to this, it has to be because Facebook misread the very poem you quoted and thought that by reading it myself I could increase my knowledge of actual ravens!
 
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