The moon has that air of mystery about it...seemingly so close, yet unreachable except to a very select few. When I first saw it tonight, it was low on the horizon and looked totally doable as a drive you might want to take. You could look at it and figure if you started out early enough and with a minimum of pit stops, a few cans of Red Bull, and a couple of those double packs of Milky Ways and Three Musketeers, you'd be in one of those craters by 8 or 9 that evening. (exif info: 1/60 @f/11.0; ISO 200; 300mm (480 with 1.6 conversion)taken 1/1/07)
Anyway, my point is the moon is a popular subject for anyone with a camera, yet it's not that easy to get a good capture. There are a lot of factors that go into that, and also a good number of preferred settings and suggestions about taking a proper moon shot. I was prepared to give you a major breakdown on some of the most popular of these until I realized a few things: one, you're probably smart enough to Google up about a thousand answers to a "Moon Photos" search that would give you more accurate information than me; and two, after looking at the EXIF data on two of the shots included here, it's possible I might not be all that aware of the proper settings or methods and was just lucky.
What I will do is direct you to a Flickr discussion here that has a lot of cool moon pictures, a lot of funny comment, and probably tells you more than I or a thousand Google pages ever could. You're welcome. (exif info: 1/125 @ f/5.6; ISO 100; 300mm (480 with 1.6 conversion)taken 5/20/05)
By the way...you'll notice the two solo moon shots here were taken in '05 and '07, not tonight. That's because it's too cold and windy for my delicate and finely tuned body to cope with. Moon shots are definitely easier in warm weather locations.
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