date night: two versions

The gentleman and I had been planning for sometime to take a drive to the countryside for the express purpose of taking photographs. Now, while I had a daytime drive in mind, last weekend I was surprised when, nearing midnight, the gentleman asked if I wanted to drive out to Elk Island (a dark sky preserve) to take pictures of the stars.

Although I was already dressed in my pajamas and a little bit sleepy, the prospect of long exposure shots was too tempting. So I packed up all my photo equipment and we headed out of the city. Unfortunately for us, by the time we arrived at the park some clouds had rolled in and masked all signs of the stars and the moon. Still, the drive was a bit of a novelty and while I didn't get any photos of the sky I did shoot some footage of the transition from urban freeway to rural highway.