Heavens above!

This is the photo I talked about in my other posting re the Harbour. The photographer said, 15 sec exposure, lowest aperture, ISO 1600. Point at the moon in auto focus then turn auto focus off. I thought he meant shoot the moon and did!

[Simply Amanda]

Very cool!!

[Pat Knowles]

Good aim!!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat Some technophobe will tell me why this happened, I'm sure Pat

[Dixie Goode]

cool.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Nice pattern !!!

[Richard Sayer]

An astral abstract... don't knock it ;-))

[Graham Thresher]

Very imaginative.

[Phil Howcroft]

oooh errrr maggie, lens flare / glare and overexposure
ISO 1600 seems far too high for shooting the moon

[Maggiemae]

@phil_howcroft I wasn't supposed to be shooting the moon but didn't realise that Phil. He said lock on to the moon for autofocus but what I should be shooting was an aurora down south. Couldn't see one though - lights too bright!

[gloria jones]

Cool abstract image

[Phil Howcroft]

i don't think you can auto focus the moon, perhaps manual focus @maggiemae

[Maggiemae]

@phil_howcroft that right, Phil? Maybe I'll try something different next time!

[KWind]

Very cool abstract.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's definitely aliens!

[richard saffold]

i don't think i would do that again.

[Lindy]

I like this...I call it a happy accident

[Rosan]

Cool abstract!

[Kristina Olsen]

pretty terrific

[katy]

Although I'm sure it isn't what you wanted or were expecting it is still an amazing image! An absolutely fabulous abstract!!

[Nick]

Very cool and abstract. The colours are amazing considering this is a shot of the moon.

[Holly]

Yes it is a very awesome result! The moon is a light source (or a refraction of one if you're going to get technical) so you don't need a wide aperture or high ISO. I'm not sure what your photographer was trying to have you accomplish, but the effect is awesome!

[Nina Ganci]

cool abstact

[Gillian]

Wow! Gotta try these settings and see what I come can come up with!

[bruni]

Whatever you did.. right or wrong..it turned out great. quite the abstract!!

[Sally Ings]

You sure you weren't tripping on something other than the roses? Fabulous result anyway. Now you need to repeat it so that you have a pair........

[Maggiemae]

@salza Tripping the light fantastic,... do you mean Sally?

[Joyce]

Maggie this is amazing I think you should put it an exhibition. fabricate some story about it anw you spent hours getting the perfect processing. Then sell it for a fortune. Please note I said fabricate and not lie!!

[Maggiemae]

@thistle Aren't all stories fabricated, Joyce! Ha ha for your comments!

[Sandy]

What a very cool abstract you got. What were you supposed to be shooting at after you pointed at the moon?

[Maggiemae]

@skstein An aurora, Sandy but didn't see any sign of one!