Full moon and it ain't mine

Friends asked us out to Cedar Creek Lake House for their 1st annual Full Moon Party. Besides Having a great time, I was able to snap this:

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Not bad considering I didn't have a tripod or cable release. 40D at 400 ISO 28mm, 4/10ths of a sec., F8 Tokina 28-200 2.8 lens racked out to 200mm.

Another one, we don't get good couple pics and I like this one.

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I have tried to shoot the moon a couple of times without a tripod, it always ends up a large egg like smudge.. I really like the reflection of the lights on the water..

Wow. 4/10 of a second hand-held and it looks as if it were done from a tripod. Didn't have any coffee that day, eh? lol.....

Great shot.

I see your in D Navy!

M38A1 said:

Wow. 4/10 of a second hand-held and it looks as if it were done from a tripod. Didn't have any coffee that day, eh? lol.....

Great shot.

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Well, I improvised - set camera on a wide railing on their dock. Cinched
the strap down with one hand and very gently hit the shutter button.

Duke, I took some pics from the day before on my front porch and 2 came out very smudgy?? I have a couple pretty sharp ones though. I just played w/ controls until I was happy. I'll try to post those tonight.

Image looks a little darker when I posted. On my monitor, it's a bit lighter. We'll see how it prints out. Everything is jpeg too. One day, I'll shoot RAW.

sharkey said:

Well, I improvised - set camera on a wide railing on their dock. Cinched
the strap down with one hand and very gently hit the shutter button.....

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Here's a tip when trying to hold it still like that for a long exposure......use the self-timer. That way you hit the button and get away from the camera long enough for everything to settle before the shutter fires.


Great shot!!