Photo of last month's full moon (Oct 28, 2023). Taken with a Panasonic Lumix GF2 body fitted with a Vario 45-200mm lens. Other information: f/16 1/200 sec 200mm ISO 100 In-camera 4x digital zoom/cropping.
Moon Shots Originally uploaded by Jepster I took some shots of the moon for the past couple of days. It looked so big just coming out of the horizon and the thin wispy clouds as it rose higher contributed to the eerie effect. I had this urge to howl while watching from the garage. :D
Moon Originally uploaded by Jepster . A colleague of mine took this photo using her prosumer digital camera. I was actually surprised at the quality. It was shot at the limits of the camera's optical and digital zooms but the pic turned out very well I think. Well, the best thing with digital cameras is you don't have any film to waste by making a lot of trials to get the exposure just right. Astrophotography is one of those cases where you can't rely on the auto exposure settings. Nice pic. I really want a new DSLR but even then, I would…
