Monet Moment

The year before I took this photo I drove past the Mill and saw how beautiful the flowers and water looked. Naturally I stopped and took some nice shots.

I decided it was worth going back the next year around the same time and having another look. I went several times. On the occasion of this photo I had packed away the camera having taken a few pictures similar to the year before.

I had just decided to leave when looking back a the scene I could see the light changing.

The light was becoming interesting.

After a few minutes of me setting the tripod and camera up again the light was totally different to any I had ever experienced either at this location or elsewhere.

Suddenly and very briefly I felt I was experiencing a Monet Moment.

The rays of light made the scene look just like a Monet painting. As quickly as it came it had gone. I had taken just two shots.

I rushed back to download the files and get copies of the image.

When the print was received back I had in this shot managed to captured in the image what I had experienced - a fleeting moment of Monet light.

Light is so transitory that sometimes it is easy to miss the moment...so with this shot there was no disappointment.