In article , jim wilson
writes

"Mad Cow" wrote in message
...
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.
[ Section: 1/1 File: zMoon01.jpg UUencoded by: Turnpike Integrated Version
5.02 S ]
sum -r/size 61889/161854 entire input file


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.


Heh - I was surprised to even see the effect with a four days' moon!
I'll have another go next time I see it but we don't get to pick the day
here, it's much too humid tonight and mostly cloudy.

I cropped, the lens is a 70-300.

HDR probably would help. It's on my list to do sometime, after I've
eliminated the moss from my lawn, say.
--
Sue ]