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My summer reading has included the book "DEEP SURVIVAL" by Laurence Gonzales which is a dissection of the characteristics of survivors. Centered mostly on surviving wilderness situations, Gonzales talks about "updating" your mental maps and changing plans according to the information before you. (Non-survivors actually ignore this info!)
So last night I went out to photograph the full moon. My mental map imagined it coming up over Lake Michigan with some rocks in the foreground. Guess what? I missed the best night to photograph the full moon by 2 days (check the calendar Peg!). So I changed my "mental map" and started looking around and I quickly found it!
I set up the camera/tripod and waited for the light to fall off even more so that the lights in the buildings were brighter. I made one image every minute. It was a nice summer night hanging out by the lake with the water splashing against the rocks and muted sounds of the city. All because I changed my mental map!