How to photograph the moon on your phone or camera with the best settings
by Carly Earl from Technology | The Guardian on (#5KPCG)
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don'ts of taking pictures of the moon
When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately it's really challenging to take a great picture of the moon.
Two reasons: it is very far away and unless you have a telephoto lens (which makes the moon appear closer than it is) it will always appear as a very small glowing dot in the frame.
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