So Lap Dog Knits and I packed up our cameras and tripods and made an honest effort to shoot the "supermoon" last night. I've never had much luck taking photos of the moon... I think I usually overexpose and end up with a blurry moon. My biggest telephoto is a 200mm, which makes it hard to take dramatic moon shots. OK, enough excuses. Bottom line, I still have a lot to learn, but these are probably my best moon shots to date.
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| I did some major cropping to get the moon this large, but it still looks pretty sharp. |
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I cheated on this one and used Photoshop to add the moon to the shot of
this old church and bell tower. Both photos were taken last night. |
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| We weren't alone... a number of folks up on the parking structure rooftop with us, including frequent stops by the police (no idea why they kept patrolling this area). |
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| Reminds me of fingers or claws reaching up to grab the moon! |
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| Added a texture... starry starry night? |
After shooting the moon, we strolled around downtown Fullerton. We cranked up the ISO settings on our cameras so we could take hand-held night shots. The Cinco de Mayo crowds were just starting to show up.
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Fun shot through the window of an Irish pub, with two musicians performing on the
other side of the glass. |
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You have quite a range of shots from the night. Very much a learning process isn't it. Love the image you photoshopped!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! I love your night shots.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you got some pretty good shots, and fun playing.
ReplyDeleteThey are great pictures of the moon. I do like the photo shopped one.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos...
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I have a hard time taking shots of the moon too! I think you've got it :) I love your night shots, very festive!
ReplyDeleteThe shots are really good....love the 1st one and the bar/restaurant photos the most
ReplyDeleteIt was fun going downtown at night - a whole different world and who knew we had so many police?
Great captures ! I didn't even try -- love the city shots too!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at Your Sunday Best this week.
I shot the moon, too! We saw it come right up over the mountains to the East of us (Tortilla mountains, I think). It was certainly an amazing moon! glad I didn't miss it. I like the edited one that looks like a painting. Fun!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful moon shots!
ReplyDeleteThink your shots of the moon are really nice.... also Cinco De mayo looks fun! Lots of color
ReplyDeleteNice shots.
ReplyDeleteNo excuses needed, I think you have shot some wonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteReally like the textured moon frame and all the super moon shots!
ReplyDeleteWow- fantastic shots of the moon!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, I especially like the moon by the bell tower, the one with the Van Gogh cypress and the musicians through the window.
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful moon wasn't it? I love the Van Gogh :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat shots and lovely clears skies - lucky you - love the manic colours in your final photo. The textured shot is fun too.
ReplyDeleteLove this! I'm so glad you decided to join us and share at 'Weekly Top Shot.' :-) I hope you'll come share again next week...
ReplyDeleteI like both your SOOC and Photoshopped images of the full moon. Stunning! You asked what's my secret in my waning moon shot. Well, I only have a little pocket Canon PowerShot Elph 310 HS with a 32x zoom function. My most recent shot was taken at 6:03 AM on May 10th. I sat in my back yard and braced myself as well as I could, zoomed in to the maximum, snapped the pic, then cropped it and used Photoshop Elements 7 to sharpen it a bit. I just love my little Canon PowerShot. I just can't bring myself to spend what I would have to spend on a fancier camera, plus my husband wouldn't be happy if I did!
ReplyDeleteYour textured Starry Starry Night photo really does remind me of the Van Gogh painting.
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