How to photograph the July full moon on your phone or camera, and the best settings to use
by Carly Earl from on (#5MF0K)
Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don'ts of taking pictures of the July 2021 full moon, which is also known as the buck or thunder moon.
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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