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La Luna Bella!

One of my projects was to get some shots of the moon.  Sounded simple enough, but it was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  There were MANY failed attempts, but things progressed and I got better.


I didn't like the "flashlight in the sky" look, and you'll see in the following pictures, it's mainly what I had...at first.  These are all RAW, I didn't want to re-touch or enhance, but I wanted to see the details of the moon, you know, like you see in the magazines.  So I read up on the subject and practiced.


I warn you, these are not at all pretty...

As good as the camera is, it's only as good as the person taking the pictures... I wasn't any good at moon shots, that's for sure!

It's more than just point and shoot.  

I needed to read more.  :)

Just a white dot in the sky...

I got the north star in this one...

I had the wrong lens with me when I took the shots above.  Another lesson learned, always be prepared.  After that, I started traveling with all of my lenses.

You can see how it does look like a flashlight...  maybe some clouds would help...

Better, but still not what I really wanted....

I tried another way, these shots taken in winter just before the sun came up.

Those were a lot better I think, but again, still now what I was hoping for.

Some of my first "orange" moon shots.

This next shot was my pride and joy.  The colors and the cloud formations around the moon were wonderful and I got it all in one shot.  The rest were deleted because the moon was misshapen.

So, while the "flashlight in the sky" look is acceptable and I did get a few decent shots, I would not be happy until I got exactly what I wanted.  Back to the books I went.


I did learn that I needed to get off the Auto and try Manual settings, finally.  I also needed to get a tripod, all of these were taken free hand (which explains the weird shapes in most of the pictures) and I saw how that would not always work.


Tune in next time to see the results.  :)