MOON

Tonight the moon is the closest to the earth as it has been in over 20 years. I was really hoping to get some pictures, especially since I had a telephoto lens at my disposal. However, without a tripod I knew it would be a challenge. And a challenge it was. I used my ladder with a make shift tripod at the top but it still wasn't steady enough. Out of 30 pictures I took, I had a few keepers. I shot on manual with an ISO of 1600, my f-stop was at 5.6 and and my shutter speed was between 0"5 and 1/10, thus the need for a tripod. It will be another 20 years before I get to practice taking pictures of the moon this close to the earth, so I will settle for these and call it a success.