Moon Over Houses
When I looked out the window the other evening I saw a photo op, so I grabbed my camera and had a go. I’ve tried pictures like this before but they never came out using a camera phone or point-and-click.
I set the shutter speed to 1/40 second. I didn’t want to risk going lower in case my ageing hands caused the camera to shake too much, especially as I was zoomed in a bit as well.
I’m not sure in the next one if that bright spot above and to the right of the moon is a star or planet or maybe a satellite.
I cheated a little bit in a photo editor. The originals showed a ghost image of the moon (see below). I don’t know if it was an artifact of the lens, or if it’s because I took the shots through double glazing.
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Pretty awesome! Nice job on the recent pics 🙂
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Thanks! I’m glad that I’ve now got a camera I can change settings on to get nice scenes to come out properly. I tried exactly the same scene a few weeks ago with my camera phone and was very disappointed with the results (or lack thereof).
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At this rate, Ali, you’ll soon be an expert with that new camera. 🙂
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It’s fun trying out the different settings!
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Really good shots, D-Man. The second photo looks like a page from a kid’s picture book about night and day 🙂
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Thanks! I’ll have to do a “day” picture to go with it 🙂
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Great shot, and the rooftops frame it really well 🙂
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I made sure to get the rooftops in, I thought they framed it well too.
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That’s an awesome camera to take such awesome pictures!
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I’m a happy bunny! And hopefully “Mr Zoomy” will allow me to take pictures of happy bunnies 🙂
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We have bunnies here where I live…and squirrels, ducks, deer and sadly bugs. 🙂
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Yay bunnies! There are bunnies and squirrels around the place but I’d have to go out and about to get a picture.
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Great shots!! Everyone takes pictures of the full moon, but it’s much harder to catch that slender slipper moon. It is beautiful! The reflection was probably both a lens artifact AND a reflection.
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Thanks! I’m really pleased with the way my camera performed. I have to stop taking pictures through glass 🙂
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Very nice Ali 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Lovely photos! But you know what they say about photographing the moon through glass i suppose!
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It’s like I can’t be bothered to open the window or something 🙂
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I always assumed the bright spot by the moon was Venus… but don’t quote me because I’m not an astronomer, just someone with their head up Uranus. 😉
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Ha ha urgh 🙂
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Great pics. i love the colour of the night sky and the slither of a moon. I think the bright spot is Venus, too. It’s called the Evening Star and sometimes is very bright not long after it’s gone dark.
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I thought it was probably Venus too, though I always expected it to be nearer the horizon.
I’m glad you liked my photos!
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I did! Perhaps you were destined to be a photographer, Ali? 🙂
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I’m certainly having fun with it 🙂
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Beautiful.
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Thanks!
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Beautiful pictures. 🙂
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Thanks! My new camera is great 🙂
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