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P1130917 by
Dave Redman, on Flickr
When dont have that long of a lens, need to include other stuff in the frame.
Birch tree and wooded dune provided that for this moonrise.
End of February this year.
That was previous full moon cycle (moon rise in evening, about 10 minutes after sunset).
Dont recall what I did that got the details of moon in good exposure. But I suspect the situation of it being twilight was a significant factor. Was hand held. 1/500th. ISO cranked up.
THis full moon attempt, this recent full moon, was early morning moonset, about half hour before sunrise.
I had the exposure target as small as it would get (still a bit bigger than the moon) and right on the moon. Only had time for a couple shots before clouds covered the moon.
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P1160009 by
Dave Redman, on Flickr
Also tried lower ISO and smaller aperture so had longer exposure, which blended out the waves and reflections. All my shots there the moon is solid white glow.
THis was at the shorter end of the 40-150 zoom. Was going to save the longer/closer shots for when the moonset got closer / behind the pier, but that didnt happen because the clouds covered the moon shortly after this pic (can see some of the clouds there below the moon).
I would welcome any critique or advise.
Yes, am using tripod and remote shutter cable.
(Please excuse me if the expected norm is to just brag about accomplishments.)