#moon rays

Moon Rays

have you ever felt the rays of the moon on your skin?

the coldness of the night all around you,

the silence that joins you,

the mellow feeling inside your chest,

have you ever felt the rays of the moon on your skin?

Not long ago I made art with Tiger Rock, this time I made Twisted Wolf art. I find him more unique from the rest mainly because we never saw a wolf before, not counting Roxy since she came later, but I wanted to explore the scary side of them mainly. Sadly visual novels and illustration have some inconsistencies so I had to improvise, so he got some slight design changes to his fur and how the endoskeleton is shown!

A couple of nights ago I trekked 3km through the woods to get to Sgwd yr Eira in the Brecon Beacons hoping to capture some Moon rays, a photograph that's been on my list for over 3 years now 🌕 The Moon only comes into the right position in the days around the full Moons of November, December and January, so there's only about 10-12 days of the year that this is possible. Not only that but you need clear skies on one of those nights and enough rainfall in the days before so that the waterfall produces a mist in front of it.

It was a challenging scene to shoot, standing in the middle of the river in wellies the river shakes your tripod and ruins a lot of the long exposures. Then it was a battle with the mist constantly covering my lens and the -4°C temperature freezing my hands and feet.

This is the second waterfall I've achieved this and the sight was just as ethereal and magical as the first time. Felt like I'd walked into Middle Earth 🌍

(Alyn Wallace Photography)

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A visit to the Temple of Auspicious Fortune, alone at Winter Solstice

Could warmth ever come again to the deep well bottom? The cold, sighing rain has drenched all the withered roots. Who besides me would likely visit the teacher - when there are no flowers - be willing to come alone?

- Su Tung-P'o translated by William P. Coleman