"Mad Cow" wrote in message
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This moon's four days old and close to setting but the effect's clearly
visible to the naked eye. Traditionally it's a warning to sailors.
My camera struggled a bit with the contrast.
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Nice shot. Not much you can do about the contrast after 4 days of a growing
moon unless an HDR exposure would help, I've never tried that. Maybe shoot
a couple of days earlier as well to increase the earthshine with less of a
burned out area. Dedicated moon shooters are always trying to get the
smallest lit area possible.
That's a fair closeup, did you crop or do you have a beeeg lens? And thanks
for explaining the "warning" bit.
jim