For Those Who Want To Shoot The Moon...

[Speed]

Tonight will be a great night - weather permitting! (Yes, NC is socked in with clouds and rain!)

The moon is unusally high, which creates a chance to get some awesome shots. The higher overhead a celestial object is, the less atmosphere - and hence distortion - you get. When an object is low to the horizon, you are looking through more atmosphere, and haze, smog, etc. So this is a prime time to shoot the moon.

Read more about it here:

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1472_1.asp

Sorry Rick, this isn't an invitation for you to photograph your derriere.
:-O

Not that the ladies would mind...
;-)

Oh, what the heck, so ahead and do it if you want to. You haven't posted a self-portrait lately...

[jar_e]

Thanks for the info. Will definately try to get some good shots tnoight.

It's clear as a bell and about 10-13 degrees Celcius.

[walterick]

As if I needed an invitation, LOL

I noticed the moon last night and it had a small halo around it - first I've seen in a while.

I'm looking forward to the full moon to go out and get some more lunar landscapes shot by moonlight

Thanks for posting!

Rick