One of My Best Shots of the Moon
Nope. That’s not it, though a lot of my moon photos tend to look similar, except for the additional lights and color, which makes this one special, thus I posted it.
Anyway, the moon is at its closest point to Earth this year, and hasn’t been this close since the early nineties. It looked pretty good tonight, so I decided to try to take a photo of it.
Usually, it doesn’t work out well, but tonight I had the idea of using my polarizing filter to see if that would cut out some of the glare and give me an image of the moon with some details instead of a washed out white orb.
Voila! It worked. I should have used a tripod for better results, but it was cold outside and I really didn’t feel like dragging out the tripod and setting it up. Sure, it only takes a few minutes but I wasn’t really sure if the photo would turn out anyway. So, next time, I’ll know!
Anyway, here is the good photo that I was able to take:
Look at that. Details. Amazing!
I always wondered the right way to cut glare. Great shot, I tried last night, but it just didn’t work out.
The polarizing filter is adjustable too. Maybe in the summer months I’ll spend more time trying adjustments.
I’ve used the filter in the day before, on sunny days, to reduce white and light colored items from being completely washed out, but I didn’t think of using it at night before. I guess it’s one of those things you think of as a sun-filter.
I’m going to see if I can find one for my camera. Thanks for the info.
If not, there’s always the universal lens adapter known as “duct tape.”
I love DA MOON! (to be sung in spongmonkey style)
That is a really pretty pic of the moon. Nice job, Dan!
Would make a great background or theme or something.
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