Looks Good on Black by olivetreeann

Looks Good on Black

I am still pinching myself over being able to capture moon shots with my new camera. I took this just a little past midnight in my driveway. I kept hoping and praying that no one would drive by and see me in my pjs using my little tri-pod perched on top of our car to get a clear shot of the moon without any trees in the way! Thankfully I was able to take quite a few and make it back inside unseen. This was my favorite of all the ones I took.
Oh, fabulous. So jealous. Nothing but clouds here again tonight. FAV!
September 10th, 2014  
Amazing shot
September 10th, 2014  
Beautiful
September 10th, 2014  
Ann, you should be proud and excited!! What an amazing capture of the moon!!! I love all the craters and lights that you can see. The moon up close, to me, looks like a navel orange!! LOL Incredible capture!!!
Huge FAV!!
September 10th, 2014  
Its amazing, you must be very pleased.
September 10th, 2014  
Bloomen heck! Great shot! I have a G15 - not sure I could anything this good! Great detail.
September 10th, 2014  
Looks awesome I hope to catch a good shot of the full moon myself one day
September 10th, 2014  
Superb! A fav
September 10th, 2014  
Great shot
September 10th, 2014  
What a great capture. Glad you didn't get fought in your PJ's!
September 10th, 2014  
Thats a superb shot - your camera is good but you have managed to get the right settings for this- unless you have an automatic moon setting?
September 10th, 2014  
Brilliant shot. Great detail. You must have been very funny in your pj's out of the house at midnight.
September 10th, 2014  
Fantastic Moon capture :)
September 10th, 2014  
This is great Ann
September 10th, 2014  
It is amazing Ann and I dream of a shot like this. I have my fingers crossed for my new lens which should be arriving very soon.
September 10th, 2014  
gorgeous, I wish I could do that!
September 10th, 2014  
@homeschoolmom Thank you Lisa! It doesn't show in this picture because of the zoom, but I was dodging a few clouds too.
@bkbinthecity Thank you Brian!
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@cashew Thank you Kathy! Funny you should mention navel oranges- I look at that bottom crater and the texture and pattern reminds me of a melon!
@dibzgreasley Thank you Debs!
@ltodd Thank you Lyn! Oh, yes, you'd be able to do this!! See note below-
@salbelle Thank you Sally! I don't know what camera you have, but many point and shoots (like this one) have the capability to take awesome moon shots now. You just have to know how to set the camera up. See note below-
@susale Thank you Suse!
@shepherdmanswife Thank you Chantal!
@thistle Thank you Joyce! hehehe- yes it's a good thing! The neighbors already think I'm a little kooky when they see me pursuing bees in my garden!
@maggiemae Thanks Maggie! Your new camera can do this. See note below-
@sangwann Thank you Dione! Thankfully I was more in the dark than the light of the moon (behind the car)!
@alia_801 Thank you Alia!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick!
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole! I am certain the camera and lenses you have now could do this as your camera is probably better mechanically than this one. It's all a matter of setting the camera up so that it reads the moon correctly. See note below-
@mhatch Thank you Mark! I'm sure you can- see below.


So for all of you who think they can't do this, I have to tell you it's all in the settings! True, you must have the zoom power in your point and shoot if that's the camera you have, but after that it's really a matter of making sure the camera reads the light correctly. So here are the particulars:

The zoom is 50x; the iso is set at 200; and the AWB on DAYLIGHT- yes daylight! That's because the moon is reflecting the light of the sun, so you're camera has to be tricked into thinking it's seeing a daytime picture. And lastly, you'll need a tripod or some sort of stable surface to put the camera on. Hand-holding will pick up even the slightest movement, so if you want it crisp and clear, use a tripod. I do not have a full-scale tripod. I only have a little "gorilla" pod that my hubby gave me for Christmas two years ago. So what I do is put my camera on that and then find something tall to put it on top of! This time it was the car- last month it was a recycling dumpster at the boat launch. And there you go. You can zoom in for close-ups (as I've done in this shot) or leave the zoom out and get beautiful shots of the moon over the landscape. So those 3 things are the components of a great moon shot: good zoom, iso 200/awb daylight, and a sturdy platform for the camera (preferably a tripod).
September 10th, 2014  
@homeschoolmom @bkbinthecity @cashew @susale @nicolecampbell

Many thanks Lisa, Brian, Kathy, Suse, and Nicole for your favs! I was very pleased to see this shot land on the TP for a short time!
September 10th, 2014  
Amazing on black
September 10th, 2014  
A great BIG shot of the moon. And a nice processing to B+W and framing
September 10th, 2014  
Fabulous detail
September 10th, 2014  
Wonderful details!
September 10th, 2014  
Wonderful details. wonderful capture
September 10th, 2014  
ooh WOW!!!!!!! FAV
September 10th, 2014  
So clear photo!
September 11th, 2014  
Fabulous!
September 11th, 2014  
@bill_fe Thank you Bill!
@pyrrhula Thank you Prryhula!
@neatz Thank you Anita!
@salza Thanks Sally!
@ziggy77 Thank you Jo!
@axika Thank you Alexandra! And thank you so much for the fav!!
@altadc Thank you Alta!
September 11th, 2014  
@bill_fe @salza

Thank you so much for your favs Bill and Sally!
September 11th, 2014  
Congrats on making PP!
September 11th, 2014  
@homeschoolmom Thank Lisa! I was really excited to come on 365 tonight and see it there! And your glass rainbow was right next to it!
September 11th, 2014  
You're a genius!! Moon Goddess Ann!
September 11th, 2014  
@kt8ird Thank you Kate! LOL Not really a goddess- this shot is the result of a better camera (recently purchased), good advice from a person here on 365, and a couple good tutorials on YouTube (and the fact that I remember everything I learned after I took last month's Super Moon shot!).
September 11th, 2014  
Ha, ha. Glad to know I'm not the only one who ran outside in my pj's the other night to try and capture the moon (and I live in an apartment complex). Wonderful capture.
September 11th, 2014  
A great moon shot! Fav.
September 11th, 2014  
Beautiful caputre. Gerat details.
September 11th, 2014  
@skstein Then you are braver than I!!! Thanks Sandy!
@khawbecker Thank you K. and thank you so much for the fav!!
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy!
September 11th, 2014  
Way to go!! It's a terrific capture and well framed for us to view.
September 11th, 2014  
@taffy Thank you Taffy! I am loving what I can do with this new camera! Now, I have to study up to use the T3i.
September 11th, 2014  
Bev
Excellent shot, Ann. How did you get it to look like it has texture to it? It's wicked cool. fav
September 11th, 2014  
Terrific capture:) got myself same camera but returned it back to Amazon cus there's some defect when zooming- now am deciding to get another one:)
September 12th, 2014  
@prttblues Thank you Bev! And thanks for the fav! I am still following your instructions and this is how it came out! I did give it alittle extra contrast in post processing. Maybe that's what brought it out, but it really didn't change the shot that much.

@joemuli Thanks so much Joe! I would definitely recommend it. The zoom is fantastic as you can see here. I bought mine at Best Buy. After looking around the web, their price was the same (if not better when you take of shipping and handling) as anyone else's and I could go to the store and come home with it. If I ordered it on line, I would have had to wait for it- and I confess, I wanted it yesterday! haha
September 12th, 2014  
@flashster78 Thank you so much for the fav Lorraine!
September 12th, 2014  
@joemuli and thanks for the fav!!
September 12th, 2014  
Excellent! Gotta love those point and shoots! I get some of my best shots from my SX 30.... :)
September 12th, 2014  
fabulous shot :)
September 12th, 2014  
Hi, what camera, lens do u have, I would live to get this shot!
September 12th, 2014  
@kathyo Thanks Kathy! Yes, I am thrilled with this camera. My "old" Powershot which still works, was just the bare-bones version. Handy, but not the best for anything more than macros and everyday kind of shots. This one has most of the bells and whistles and what a difference!!
@vega Thank you Vega!
@jogod Thank you Joanne! This camera has a fixed lens. You can't change it. I'm not exactly sure of the particulars on it, but the zoom is the key to getting this shot and on this camera it's 50x. If you look above at the center portion of the comments I've explained how I got this particular shot and as long as you have a zoom that can handle getting close enough for some details you should be able to do it too.
September 13th, 2014  
@vega @jogod
Forgot to say thanks for the favs ladies!!
September 13th, 2014  
Tis is a fantastic shot.
September 13th, 2014  
@fullcircle thank you Cindy. I still stare at it and can't believe I took it!
September 14th, 2014  
wonderful
July 14th, 2016  
@rinsew Thank you Rinse! I love taking photos of the moon. In fact I just took one the other night and I'll be posting it later.
July 16th, 2016  
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