The Moon in close-up

I could not shoot blood moon during end of the last month, as it was not visible in India; but managed to shoot this image using 55-300 mm nikkor lens.

Focal Length : 300 mm, Shutter Speed : 1/160 of a sec, f stop(Aperture) : f/11, ISO : 200, White Balance : Auto

The Moon Hidden Beneath a Cloud

This picture reminds me of all the werewolf movies.... 

Focal Length : 55 mm Shutter Speed : 1/20th of sec f stop(Aperture) : f/5.6 ISO : 400 White Balance : Auto

Shooting moon with your kit lens...

To shoot a great moon photo you need at-least 300 mm lens... 300 mm lens means spending 400 to 500 U$D or 20 to 30K INR. hmm a big hole in our pocket. Even i wanted to buy a very good telephoto zoom lens, due to the budget constraint i dropped this plan.

I started exploring how to shoot moon with my Nikon nikkor 18-55 mm kit lens. i clicked many photos, finally i got this picture. I used Nikon D3100,  D3100 offers very basic editing features, like crop, fish eye etc.., i crop the picture, here is the result.

Picture details:
Focal Length          : 55mm
Shutter Speed         : 1/25 of a sec(0.04 sec)
f stop(Aperture)      : f/5.6
ISO                         : 100
Flash                       : no
Exposure                : Manual (put you lens on manual focus)