Well hello again! :)

Years ago, when I first tried shooting the moon it was an embarrassing failure, so I decided not to shoot it for a while.

This is my second try.

Cropped it up to create a close-up.

Camera body: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: EF 75-300mm ƒ/4-5.6
Focal length: 300mm
Aperture: ƒ/8
Exposure: 1/100 s
ISO: Dual-ISO 100+200

For shooting this photo I used my other kit-lens, the Canon 75-300mm lens that is absolutely trash. There are a couple of shots I have ever managed to take that were reasonably sharp, but this lens is just awful. There is so much looseness it makes a clanky rattle when shaken and that affects focusing. Once you get a focus, you better not get any wind or other disturbance or otherwise the focus is forever lost. But usually it just doesn't even focus right.

(I'll invest in a proper long lens one of these days that's for sure. Leo can practice with this one.)

The uncropped original.

This is 300 mm on a cropped sensor camera, so on a full-frame, the moon would look 1.6 times smaller. On mine it is equivalent of 480mm on a full-frame sensor. Now I wonder how nice the moon would look I shot it on a 600mm or 1200mm lens.

It wasn't full moon tonight, but as I was supposed to go and check out the land property in Hollola once again, and found out I couldn't get to it because the road was so small and in so bad driving condition, and I was fast losing light, I decided to go to the grocery instead. But first I had to shoot the moon in the clear sky above.

There's one thing I remembered right now that I should've been vary of: 1/100s on a 300mm lens is probably too slow, even on a tripod if there is any wind. Next time I should try 1/500s. F8 is probably the sharpest aperture the lens can do, so I may need to tweak the ISO.

Anyway, I'll be watching the first episode of the last season of The Bridge now. I'm likely a bit addicted to the series, as I've already watched all the previous episodes. Rooting for Saga, I hope she gets out of prison.

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