You may think I’m crazy, but when I heard about the supermoon that would be visible Saturday night, I begged The Nerd to let me get a zoom lens, just so I could photograph it.
I’ve got priorities, you know.
I studied up on how to “shoot the moon” (heh!) and found this article by Erika from The Ivory Hut very helpful.
I shot these with my Canon Rebel XS, because I have the remote triggering system for it and not for the Canon 7D. I figured one extravagant purchase for this project was enough.
I used a tripod and set it up in the backyard. I fixed the shiny new Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III lens to my camera and zoomed all the way in.
I shot in RAW and cropped the photos and brightened the exposure in Lightroom 3.
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/320 sec
ISO: 100
I was hoping for some clouds to provide a bit of contrast, but alas, there were none.
I did get a lot of photos like this, though.
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/320 sec
ISO: 100
I think the moon looks a bit like an orange in this one. Don’t you?
Orange juice, anyone?
While I was shooting the moon (heh!), there was some kind of event going on at the soccer field near our house. To my surprise, I got to watch a fireworks show!
I’m no expert on shooting fireworks, but here are a few of the ones I really liked.
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 2.0 sec
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 3.2 sec
ISO: 100
Did you watch the supermoon? What did you think?
I’m so glad you got such beautiful photos! I was hosting a birthday dinner and completely forgot about it… And rounding it off with an unexpected firework extravaganza – very festive!
Wow! Its so pretty, it looks fake! We had a storm coming through so we didn’t get the full effect of the moon. 🙁
Supermoon! I took a couple of pictures but they didn’t turn out as amazing since I own a point-and-shoot camera. If only I had a spiffy camera…
It didn’t look that big in my area, but it was brighter than usual.
Love your moon photos! You got some amazing shots! The fireworks ones are great, too! I am still a little bitter that it was so cloudy here the nights it was biggest or that I would have remembered about it a few nights before when it was clear!