Thursday, April 7, 2011

Day 13: Beaver Moon


I did not have time to take a photo of any national monuments while in DC today.  As a fall-back, I was going to shoot the Jefferson Memorial from the taxi with my cell phone while driving by.  However, I left my phone on my desk.  As soon as I got home tonight (about 10:30 pm), I drove down the road to a pond where I had an clear view of the setting moon, with no tree obsrtuction.  While taking this photo on the edge of the pond, in total darkness and absolute silence, a beaver splashed the water with his tail no more than 10 feet from me.  I nearly soiled myself....

6 comments:

  1. BarbraApril 8, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    The moon is smiling at us... The total darkness makes the moon shine.

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  2. John ConstanApril 9, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Amazing detail from the camera, you can make out teh crater impacts. Did you use a filter?

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  3. Alex ConstanApril 9, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    No filter, just a 300mm lens and a tripod.

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  4. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Cool Pic! What setting do you use when shooting the moon? Thanks!

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  5. Alex ConstanApril 10, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Photo settings: ISO 320, f/6.3, 1/125 sec, on a tripod. I think I underexposed a little because I picked up some noise in the photo.

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  6. Alex N.April 10, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Thanks Alex! Keep the great pics coming. :)

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