I finally was able to take some pictures of the moon this past week, and of the Harvest Moon no less! It was a lot of fun, but I quickly realized I’m going to need a much bigger lens if I want to get good shots of the moon. It’s just so dang far away! ;oP
This was taken with one of my zoom (kit) lenses at 150 mm, which is as close as I can get. I cropped a TON of black space out of this picture to get it to look like this. In fact, I’ll share the original pre-cropped below so you can see for yourself. Edited to add settings: ISO 200, f 11, 1/250 and here’s a site where I got some tips before I attempted it: Take a picture of the moon.
Best shot:
Same picture before cropping:
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Anna says:
I thought of you when I saw the full moon! IT was clear here, too. Great captures, regardless of lens!
October 1st, 2007 at 6:45 am
Jen M says:
Nice! Just the other day I was wondering how to capture the magic of the Harvest Moon. It looked nearly orange, and HUGE on the horizon one night. Such a perfect sight!
October 1st, 2007 at 6:57 am
Christina says:
I was hoping we’d get to see the results of your moon chasing adventure! Great shot, very clear and crisp…and the black is perfectly black. i love that contrast.
October 1st, 2007 at 6:58 am
Amy P. says:
I know what you mean – I look up in the sky and see a HUGE beautiful moon, but as soon as I take a photo it’s like a pin prick.
LOVE the composition of your photo!!!!!
October 1st, 2007 at 7:41 am
Stacy says:
Very cool shot! What were your settings?
October 1st, 2007 at 8:12 am
Isil says:
Beautiful!
October 1st, 2007 at 8:21 am
Sara says:
awesome shot, awesome crop
October 1st, 2007 at 8:48 am
Melissa says:
I might have to play with moon pictures…don’t know why I’m so crazy about the moon, but it’s such a treat to see every night.
October 1st, 2007 at 9:04 am
carrie says:
awesome! thanks for the tips, we had a gorgeous, orange, huge harvest moon here the other night, but i couldn’t really get a good shot of it from anywhere. we are all enchanted with the moon right now, have to say “good night” to it before we go to bed, etc.
October 1st, 2007 at 9:27 am
Renee says:
Wow very nice shot! mine is here http://babystam.blogspot.com/2007/10/best-shot-monday.html
October 1st, 2007 at 10:12 am
ktjrdn says:
I want a good lens so bad. I wouldn’t even attempt a good picture of the mooon with my little camera. :(
October 1st, 2007 at 10:52 am
Dawnomite! says:
Just lovely! The moon really rocked on Saturday night…
October 1st, 2007 at 12:12 pm
sarah jane rhee says:
That’s beautiful! I can’t tell you how many hundreds of photos I’ve attempted of the moon. I never thought to read up on HOW to do it. Thanks for the tips!
October 1st, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Kim says:
I think that’s a fantastic shot of the moon! Even if you had to crop, you could still see a lot of the features on the surface. Excellent photo!
October 1st, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Nicole says:
I like your crop!
October 1st, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Penny says:
We had a lunar eclipse here last month (I think) and DH took some okay pics with his enormous lens… amongst mutterings about some other lens that was bigger and better and altogether desirable! LOL!
October 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
phyllis says:
gorgeous. and the cropping makes it even more wonderful.
October 1st, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Laura Mcintyre says:
Lovley moon, so beautiful
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:18 am
Cari says:
Beautiful shot and the crop is wonderful.
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm