| If you love watching the night sky to see shooting | | | | capturing the moon. As you know the orb is your |
| stars or what the moon looks like this evening, you | | | | light source, so you risk a grainy image if you go for |
| might find a desire to capture the moon in an | | | | a higher ISO. The aperture should also be set to f |
| image. Most photographers tend to take a chance | | | | 11. A higher aperture would also create a less sharp |
| at photographing the moon at least once, yet they | | | | image. The exposure needs to be 1/125. These are |
| find their image lacks dimension or colour. In | | | | the manual settings, which help you tweak the image |
| photography there are different levels of skill, which | | | | better than the automatic might be able to detect. |
| can enhance the appearance of your subject | | | | Play around with both manual and automatic to see |
| whether it is the moon or a person. The four tips | | | | which version you like more. |
| here will help you capture your 'night' subject with | | | | 3. A long exposure is needed at night, thus you |
| perfection. | | | | should not go out without a tripod. Set the tripod |
| | | | to capture the moon in full frame then use a timer |
| 1. It is best to have at least a 300mm telephoto lens | | | | switch. It keeps your hand off the camera, thus |
| if you want to get the night sky. The orb will fill the | | | | allowing the long exposure to fully conclude. |
| frame, helping to get its 3D shape. A less expensive | | | | 4. Use colour film for photographing the moon, if you |
| option is buying a 2x filter, which helps you enhance | | | | want to show certain light elements. For example if |
| the subject. | | | | the sky is still purple or the moon is just a shadow in |
| 2. If you have a digital SLR or 35mm SLR your | | | | the dusk light colour enhances the photograph. |
| camera will probably have an automatic night | | | | Black and white photography can work if you want |
| setting. Even without the night setting, you can | | | | grey and black. It does not allow a definition to the |
| open the lens to the right ISO setting as long as it is | | | | moon if clouds are surrounding it. |
| an SLR camera. You should set the ISO to 100 for | | | | |