{"id":1551,"date":"2008-12-13T16:55:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2009-01-25T13:24:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T18:24:04","slug":"a-little-bit-of-lunar-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/12\/13\/a-little-bit-of-lunar-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little bit of Lunar Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t help but notice the other night that the full moon was out – and it was really, really bright. So bright, in fact, that I decided I could hand-hold some photos of the moon!<\/p>\n

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In retrospect, I probably still should’ve used a tripod – after all, I was taking these photos at maximum (12x) zoom. Still, the moon was SO bright that I was able to take them with a relatively fast shutter speed.<\/p>\n

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They didn’t come out too bad; although they aren’t very interesting – there was nothing near the moon for a background or foreground or whatever.<\/p>\n

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Still, I’m pleased with the way they came out.<\/p>\n

\"full<\/a> This last one is a shot of the moon without any zoom. It’s really amazing how small the moon is – or, to put it another way, how large it seems to our easily-tricked eyes!<\/p>\n

I spent some time the other day with my telescope and the half-moon, but didn’t get any photos – although the view was spectacular. Once I figure out how to use my camera with the scope, perhaps I’ll have something I can share here. Until then, this is the best I can give!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I couldn’t help but notice the other night that the full moon was out – and it was really, really bright. So bright, in fact, that I decided I could hand-hold some photos of the moon! 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