This is How I Had Snapped the MOON

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Last nite before I'm going to sleep...

I had found out that the sky was quite bright

while I was coming out from the washroom.

Then, I had decided to snap on my sudden urge, subject - Moon

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Well, it was quite small in size even I had zoom it to maximum with my

55-250mm IS lens (at 250mm max)

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oK, to snap it
here is how to do it...
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Get yourself a Tripod
mount your DSLR(Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera with it
must have at least 200mm lens, such as 70-300mm / 55-200mm / 55-250mm / 18-200mm / 18-270mm and have to use the zoom end to the job right.
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Now here is the setting you need to set (more or less) or to adjust to your taste.
Better set it into Manual Mode of shooting
f/8 to f/11 will be sharp to the job
set the speed to 1/60~1/125 so
the Moon will be darker (better details will be revealed)
ISO 100 (the lower the better)
set it to Highest Quality with max MP(example 15MP)
or shoot it in Large RAW format
* later you will need to crop it in your Photoshop or supplied photo editing program.
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Now you had it mount on tripod and setting is ready. Now the last part which was the most important part - get it into focus~!
If your camera has this Live View function - use it~!
Switch the lens to Manual focus, switch OFF the Stabilizer as it will clash with the tripod.
Use Live View to focus properly, please zoom in x5 or x10 to manual focus to it best.
NOT EASY  as it will shake like earthquake with this kind of zoom and magnification~!!!
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Your final result should be something like this

*it looks like an upside down Rabbit leh~

no wonder Chinese legend and Japanese legend had mentioned that the Rabbit was

on the Moon stomping/making some Mochi cake lah~
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you need to crop it in the Photoshop
to make it looks like this

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just *updated a new Full Moon on 29/01/2010
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hehehe~ happy snapping ya~
Good nite and sweet dream my friends~
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