Night time pics

[radguy]

Took a couple of shots last night. The moon was a crescent and had a small ring around it. Need to play with this camera a little more.

[Mandi Milenko]

Nice! I've been working on some night shots too. My point and shoot has a "handheld" or "tripod" option for the night landscape setting. That handheld option helps immensely!

[SubLunar]

Nice. The moon is really hard to shoot.. Stupid moon.

[Mandi Milenko]

Ugh I know right? I got this shot of the super moon a few years ago but I had to edit the hell out of it.




Lightning is also a bitch to shoot.

[Mandi Milenko]

I've had trouble with the damn Clark Bridge for years too. They never turn out right. I finally got a semi-decent one when I got this camera a few months ago.

[radguy]

Everytime I shot the moon with a ring around it, it looks like a boob.

[SubLunar]

Ah, boobs.

I heart them.

[ropingk]

dont we all

[GlassCurtain]

I haven't had much luck shooting the moon. Out of taking tons of moon pics I only ended up with 2 decent ones.

The super moon:


And an orange-ish moon:

[David Keetz]

Glasscurtain, what camera and lens did you use for those?

[GlassCurtain]

Glasscurtain, what camera and lens did you use for those?

I just use a Kodak z812 Point and shoot. Nothing fancy. Just got lucky.

[Mandi Milenko]

Wow you took those with a point-and shoot? That's more than luck, that's talent!

[GlassCurtain]

Wow you took those with a point-and shoot? That's more than luck, that's talent!

haha thanks! It's a point and shoot but I can set my fstop and shutter. I just got lucky because my camera finally auto focused correctly on it.

Actually, that's why I haven't been shooting in a while. I'm just so tired of fighting my camera to focus on what I want.

[SubLunar]

Actually, that's why I haven't been shooting in a while. I'm just so tired of fighting my camera to focus on what I want.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid= ... &_from=R40

I'm trying to spread the word. The EOS XT is a solid dslr and can be had with the 18-55 lens for cheap nowadays (~200 bucks). This beats any point and shoot.

I used to use one before I got the XTI. Here's an example of the image quality from an XT, basically indistinguishable from the XTI just lower MPX. Just ignore my crappy photo skills from back then..

[GlassCurtain]

Actually, that's why I haven't been shooting in a while. I'm just so tired of fighting my camera to focus on what I want.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid= ... &_from=R40

I'm trying to spread the word. The EOS XT is a solid dslr and can be had with the 18-55 lens for cheap nowadays (~200 bucks). This beats any point and shoot.

I used to use one before I got the XTI. Here's an example of the image quality from an XT, basically indistinguishable from the XTI just lower MPX. Just ignore my crappy photo skills from back then..

Wow alright. I can totally swing $200. I'm just a little leery buying a used one. Especially on ebay. DSLR's are pretty fragile right? Did your XT hold up to some abuse?