According to somebody on facebook, there was supposed to be an
aurora borealis last night. I researched it, and supposedly because of
solar flare caused by solar storms there should've be some minor light
show. Too impatient for then, I went to a local field and tried
to see if I could get a shot of any kind of astronomical activity. Since
I live near Chicago, the city lights blot out anything beyond planes
and stars and the moon, and so I gave up and began photographing
the moon, which was unusually large and bright.
This was my first time photographing anything astronomical. At first
I used a 30 second shutter speed with f/45 on my telephoto lens. The
bottom photo is the result. I then figured out that when photographing
the moon, you're photographing a light source, and so I switched
to f/5.6 and 1/500 shutter speed and I was able to get a detailed picture
of the moon. You can even see a face on it.
Winnetka
Taken in March 2012
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