Tonight I was back in Patterson for a potluck and talent show. All this week there has been a group of young people visiting our congregation. Tonight being the last night we had a trip ending shindig at the barn of one of our members. You can see a nice daytime picture of the barn in a post from last week. Click on: Barns

Even though it was a bit hot today (100+) the humidity was not too high and it had started to cool off. It was a beautiful night with an almost full moon.

I was lucky to get a pretty nice shot of the moon. You can really see the detail. Not bad for my little camera.

When I get around old buildings I like to take pictures of details.

Here is an interesting shot of a light high up on the end of the barn. I really like the detail of the cobwebs and the way that they stand out against the red of the boards.

After a great potluck we had the talent show and got to listen to several groups and individual play music, tell jokes, give a little trivia and even perform a joke skit. I was not paying too much attention to the settings on my camera and didn’t get the best pictures. I was more interested in watching the show.

This one didn’t turn out too bad. I really liked listening to these two play. When I saw the banjo I thought maybe I would get to hear some bluegrass. Unfortunately, they didn’t play bluegrass, but it was still a nice performance.

After the talent show it was time for clean up and another opportunity to take a few pictures. Here is one of my favorites.

You can barely see the outline of the roof of the barn, but I really like the way that the ground level is lit up. I also like what looks like a full moon in the sky. By this time the temps had dropped into the low 80’s and a breeze was stirring. A wonderful evening.

I will be back at the barn next weekend for the wedding of two of my friends. I hope to get some nice pictures to share with everyone. I will pay more attention to my camera settings :-).

Steven