There's a thought. I'm right handed, but prefer number 2.
Both of my kids are left handed..I'll see what they say.

I do use my monopod a lot; and not just as a walking pole

I find it easier to reposition, but it does slow me down a bit as I can't just put the camera to my eye and click.

Erm...guilty as charged officer

Erm..can't remember now. I think I resized it in Photobucket. I did notice the wires went strange after resizing, but thought it was just my monitor.

Great set of images.
I really must get my butt out of bed early one day.

Oh no!!
Simon is human after all

I like the colours, but I think you are right about the light. Number one looks a little flat to me ( IMHO ).

I'd avoid shooting a full moon. I'd wait for 3/4.
The full moon looks flat, but once it starts to wane you'll get shadows which bring the detail out a bit more.

When I tried with my 35mm I always shot multiple images at various shutter speeds, starting quite fast and getting longer.

One thing I learnt quickly looking up through a telescope is just how fast the earth spins. As Chris says, much more than 1/10 will cause motion blur from the apparent movement of the moon across the sky.

Mike, what you describe above sounds so much like me!


As for returning later..how many times have I thought that! I've been looking at a certain shot every time I drive past since spring. It'll have autumn colours by the time I get there

I do try to be sefl critical, binning most shots I take due to technical defects, but as Mike says, being critical from a creative point of view is something I find very difficult.
I know exactly that feeling. I can be somewhere, knowing I'm missing all sorts of decent shots that I just can't see. But I click away anyway, hoping that something will come of it.


This is turning into a good thread

Criticism is fine, it's how I learn.

To be honest, and maybe this is where I go wrong, I don't generally have an end result in my head. I see something and think " That looks photographable" ( is that a real word? ). But I'm never sure how it will turn out until I view it later.
Hence my thread some time ago about the artistic eye. I really envy those guys who know what they want and how to achieve it before they take the camera out of the bag.


Well, thanks for the replies guys.
I was only kidding when I bumped it yesterday. I remembered about a thread somewhere else about views and no replies

I shall go back to the mono one and tweak away and consign the others to the "should have tried harder" folder

Had a play with levels and it does make a difference. I will upload the finished result when it is ,erm,...finshed

I'm interested you say crop out the dark cloud. I think that adds to the drama.
I've cropped the left a bit and that improves things, ( I suppose the rule of thirds exists for a reason ).