4 responses to “A Photo for Friday: Halfsies”

1. 

   Neil Hudelson

   April 21, 2017 at 9:38 am

   That’s truly gorgeous. What type of telescope did you use? (I’m assuming even a powerful camera lens isn’t going to be able to get those calderas and craters in that great of focus.)
2. 

   Steven L. Taylor

   April 21, 2017 at 10:05 am

   @Neil Hudelson: Thanks. Believe it or not, it was with my 70-300mm zoom with a 1.2 teleconverter. I even managed the shot, to my surprise, without a tripod.

   Despite the fact that the shot looks like a night sky, it was actually later afternoon and the sun was hitting the moon in such a way as to be exceptionally well lit.
3. 

   MarkedMan

   April 21, 2017 at 10:26 am

   Modern cameras are amazing. I have a day-moon shot, done with a seven year old superzoom camera, hand held, that looks professional (and I’m no professional).
4. 

   al-Alameda

   April 21, 2017 at 7:45 pm

   I’ll second the comments of @Neil Hudelson:
   this is another beautiful picture.
   This is also a pretty good reminder to all of us – smartphone cameras are good and getting better but there are obvious limitations, and there will always be a market for real ‘stand-alone’ digital cameras.