How to photograph the moon on your phone or camera, and the best settings to use
by Carly Earl from Technology | The Guardian on (#5M47Q)
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don'ts of taking pictures of the moon and night sky
When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a great photo of.
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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