Trying to "shoot the moon" with a point and shoot camera is probably an exercise in futility. Besides, it was way too cold to be standing outside snapping photos.
I got a few interesting shots, but nothing really crisp and certainly nothing with any definition. I learned that hand-holding even a tiny point and shoot in such low light situations will undoubtedly result in blur - in most of my photos, the moon was quite misshapen.
I played around a lot in Photoshop with some of my noisy photos and found that by greatly increasing the saturation, I could get this artistic interpretation of what we all saw on Saturday night. Looks like a good background for an art journal page.
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I agree that would make a great background for an art journal page!
Personally I just love that first shot,Cheri.
I like the through the trees shot! I had a hard time as well, need to read up on shooting at night like that.
These are pretty amazing with a point and shoot. I had a lot of misshapen moons that night with my DSLR. I went to a lecture last night on night photography at our local camera club. There's a lot to remember to get good night shots. I'm hoping to give it some practice once it gets warmer.
This reminds me of trying to take pictures at the beach. You did a much better job that I did!
Oh, wow - that second image looks gorgeous, and I can't wait to see what you do with it! xx
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