A quiet late-night shot of a deep blue-black sky with a scattering of small, rounded clouds in the lower portion of the frame, their edges softly lit by moonlight just outside the frame.
The clouds are low-level cumulus, compact and bumpy in texture, glowing a muted white-grey against the near-total darkness. A few faint stars are visible in the upper half of the sky where the cloud cover thins out, though none are especially prominent. The overall tone is dark and still, with the clouds adding the only real texture or brightness to an otherwise unlit scene. The image was taken handheld resulting in a slight softness throughout.
The title references F. Scott Fitzgeraldโs 1934 novel, which itself borrowed the phrase from Keatsโ Ode to a Nightingale is a nod to a night that feels calm rather than dramatic, exactly what this photo delivers.
Tender is the night
Happy Monday everyone!
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