November 15, 2016

  • Handheld Supermoon

    Last night the moon was the closest it has been for 68 years -- it won't be this close again for another 18 years.  It was a full moon, very bright and a little larger than usual.  About an hour after it rose, I took the camera outside to try a couple of shots.  I shoot handheld, and my lens is 50-200.  The first shot I tried was without flash -- it looks nothing like a moon, but maybe it qualifies as an art piece -- lol!

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    I don't usually use flash for photos at a distance -- the flash doesn't really make a difference to the shot.  For moon shots, though, it helps the camera to know there's something out there, and it's the only way I can get decent shots (how strange is that?)!  So I turned on the flash and took two more shots.

    The first was through trees across the street.

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    and the last was unshaded by trees.  I think the "Man in the Moon" was most alive in this last shot!

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    I haven't used the camera as much recently as I did for a while -- I considered this a little exercise to remind me of some of the features!

Comments (4)

  • If you hadn't told me what it was I'd have thought you were photographing a Coleman lantern hanging in a tree!! It is interesting that the camera sees things so much differently than the human eye. Perhaps that is my dissatisfaction with the camera!!

    • Hahaha -- I think your explanation is just as good as mine for that first shot! A little expanded explanation -- I tripped the shutter, and it acted like a 'bulb' shot that didn't close down -- as soon as I realized that, I lowered the camera and turned off the shutter manually. So -- there is a moon in there, sliding down the shot, then who knows what light the "rope" is, to a light source. The eye would never have seen so much in this shot as the camera saw -- I just thought it was a rather amusing shot of the moon!!!

  • The moon has been so beautiful! Love it.

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