God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ... Genesis 1:5
Just as an added note, many think that when God said, "let there be light" that was when He made the sun, moon and the stars. On day one He created light and separated the light from the darkness. It wasn't until day four that He made the sun, moon, planets and stars.
@louisanoffke - I always used a tripod when shooting the moon until I read a few articles on how to shoot the moon hand held. I used ISO 200, an aperture of f/8 and a shutter speed of 250th of a second. Because the moon is a light source you can use a fast shutter speed. Shooting on a tripod is the best way for the best detail though. Another way of learning the settings of a photo is, if you will look to the right of this box you will see the panel titled, "Photo Details" . Beneath that is a list. One of those is "Exif". To the right of that you will see "View Info". Clicking on "View Info" will open a window with much of that information. However, you will see that some photos won't have the Exif depending on what software some photographers use to process their photos.
@louisanoffke - I noticed that you use a Canon 7D which means you have pretty much the same modes as my 70D. You would have to set your camera to Manual (M) mode to use those exact settings as I mentioned above. If you have any more questions I'd be glad to try and help.
This is a really great moon shot - so clear and crisp. I was also hoping to get the moon tonight but it's now raining ... grrr.!
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Beautiful moon shot Skip! Even though Gen. 1 is not a scientific document (nor was it ever meant to be) I find it so fascinating how accurate it is when it comes to the created world. It wasn't too long ago I heard of a scientist who was studying something unrelated to light, but discovered that it is a basic component of pretty much everything! Yep- Gen. 1:5 poetically describes it to a tee!
@casablanca - I had poor results taking photos of the moon as well until I read a few photographer's recommendations on photographing the moon. Since the moon is a source of light, though reflected light from the sun, the camera over compensates and you will end up with a blown out ball of light. Increase you shutter speed to 125th of a second so that the details of the moon are seen. See my suggestions to Lois above for the ISO and aperture settings. You will get the best results with your camera mounted on a tripod, but with those settings you can hand hold the camera. Some photographers even suggest removing any filters from your lens if you use them. Even UV filters.
Your beautiful photo is exquisitely detailed! I've read with Fascination your comments above to help others achieve the same effect. I will add that I have to remove the filters from my Nikon camera as it has an additional Circle onto the lens while photographing the Moon or candles, for instance.
November 7th, 2017
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Hope that helps! Thanks for viewing and asking.
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