Lesson 3: Mooning you.
The first assignment of lesson 3 asks that we take two shots of the same subject; one using the widest angle on our camera and one using the longest (i.e. zoom).
I’ve been waiting impatiently to show you these. I was pretty excited about the results.
Yes, it chaps my hide that the camera sometimes takes better pictures than I do. But heck, that’s why I bought it, I guess! 
Note: You might think I posted a lot of these moon pictures, but guess what? I was holding back. There’s plenty more where these come from, and if you’re not nice to me I might just have to post MORE! Mwahahahaha.
It is almost Halloween; I could probably come up with some smoky, moody shots of the moon if I tried.
(Want some tips on getting great photos of the moon? Darrin Rowse’s Digital Photography School blog has a post about doing just that.)
October 19th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
This is a brilliant concept! It never occurred to me to shoot something so far away. I tried playing with my zoom today and it was an absolute failure. I got NOTHING. But you? You hit this one out of the park — and into space.
Well done!
October 20th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Wow! You can even see the craters!!! COOL!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Thanks for commenting Charmian and Cynthia! My camera has a 12x optical zoom, which really helps. The closest shot use the digital zoom, which is akin to cropping the picture on your computer.
Charmian, keep trying… shoot for the moon. (Couln’t really stop myself. Sorry)
If you only knew how many photos I have that were blurry, badly exposed or looked like a big white circle!
And check out that link to Digital Photography Post about taking pictures of the moon. It gives some very helpful tips.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
These are very cool! I never did get around to shooting the full moon we just had. I think the last shot is my favorite. I like the color and how it’s positioned off to the side.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Thanks Laura! I love your shots too. Especially the one with the train tracks.