Wow! Am I Having Fun With Mr. Moon

[Keenlearner]

Just having fun with the various phases of the moon.



Moon Shot

Thank you for viewing

[Tito87]

What a great shot of the Moon, Pauline. That 400 mm has come in handy, hasn't it? Thanks for sharing.

[alphasco]

Great shot, Pauline! The Moon is fun to shoot, isn't it? I've been photographing the Moon since my teenage years, and learned early on how surprisingly bright it is. Then, when using a little Kodak Brownie box camera, I found I had to create an artificial aperture (a piece of black paper with a small hole in it) to stop down the Brownie's fixed f/stop so as not to overexpose the bright Moon image.

Many newbie photographers with automated cameras soon learn that one can not count on the AUTO mode to determine a suitable exposure. And, that's a good learning experience that encourages them to flip over to MANUAL setting, even though it might seem a bit daunting to them. The Moon is a great teacher!

I see your avatar says "Box camera to digital." Here's an history of my life with cameras:

[Heaterguy]

Nice work, I've got to give this a try one of these evenings.

[Keenlearner]

Originally Posted by Tito87

What a great shot of the Moon, Pauline. That 400 mm has come in handy, hasn't it? Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Tito. The 400mm has certainly added a new dimension.

Originally Posted by alphasco

Great shot, Pauline! The Moon is fun to shoot, isn't it? I've been photographing the Moon since my teenage years, and learned early on how surprisingly bright it is. Then, when using a little Kodak Brownie box camera, I found I had to create an artificial aperture (a piece of black paper with a small hole in it) to stop down the Brownie's fixed f/stop so as not to overexpose the bright Moon image.

Many newbie photographers with automated cameras soon learn that one can not count on the AUTO mode to determine a suitable exposure. And, that's a good learning experience that encourages them to flip over to MANUAL setting, even though it might seem a bit daunting to them. The Moon is a great teacher!

I see your avatar says "Box camera to digital." Here's an history of my life with cameras:

Thank you alphasco. That is a very interesting collection and helpful information.

Originally Posted by Heaterguy

Nice work, I've got to give this a try one of these evenings.

Thank you Heaterguy. It's fun shooting I can assure you.

[jerome.oneil]

Now that's a nice moon shot Pauline!

Jerome

[Keenlearner]

Originally Posted by jerome.oneil

Now that's a nice moon shot Pauline!

Jerome

Thank you Jerome. A little more practice and I'm hoping to be up there with the top shooters LOL

[Bernzfotos]

Great shot Pauline

[Ian Mackie]

Hi Pauline,

Great shot, I'm "playing" with the moon too, haven't got anything as good as you have just posted. Recently bought myself a EF 400mm and hope to make good use of it!

Any tips, or care to explain the detail behind your shot?


Ian

[Keenlearner]

Originally Posted by Bernzfotos

Great shot Pauline

Thank you Bernz. A little fine tuning still to do :-)

Originally Posted by Ian Mackie

Hi Pauline,

Great shot, I'm "playing" with the moon too, haven't got anything as good as you have just posted. Recently bought myself a EF 400mm and hope to make good use of it!

Any tips, or care to explain the detail behind your shot?


Ian

Thank you Ian. Unfortunately the AF on my 400mm is not working so it is all manual focusing, and with the eye-sight starting to fail I don't think I can improve much on this one. They do say practice makes perfect, so I'll keep practicing :-)