Posts Tagged ‘moon’

I’m still struggling with how to photograph the moon in full focus, even with a tripod.  I shot this photo from my front yard.  This was the best I could do with my DSLR, which I had dusted off to use as I hadn’t taken it out in months.  I need to get inspired again!  A little weekend trip would be nice…..

Tonight I went to Don Gale’s Photo Workshop at the Cabrillo National Monument.  Most of his lecture I had already heard during his free seminar at REI a month ago so I went out on my own and started shooting. 

The opportunity to photograph this enchanting place was well worth the $35 fee, especially since they kept the park open late just for us and tomorrow they will open it extra early as well.  We can get there as early as 5:30 am but I’m hoping to get there by 6am.  It will be interesting to see how different everything looks in the light of dawn.  I admit I’m a little worried about waking up that early as I’m a night owl and I usually don’t wake up until 8:30.  I must get to bed soon!

I learned a lot more about nighttime shooting and now I know I really need a flashlight to help me focus.  It was extremely challenging as the light faded away.  I kept trying to get this one shot with the tree and the sliver of the moon but no matter what I did the moon was more of a big splotch.  I think my focus was off but it was so hard to tell with so little light.  The above two shots were the best ones I got.  I’m sorry I don’t have any cliche skyline shots.  I was too engrossed with these shots that I ran out of time.

Here are a few more shots but the focus is a little off.   I really wanted the moon to be in better focus. I’ll have to figure out how to expose the moon properly for next time.

Tomorrow morning I will try again with a flash light.  I’m definitely learning by trial and error.  It is very difficult to shoot the moon, however I do love to shoot the moon (in the metaphorical sense as well) – LOL!