Moon - exposure is everything

ISO 400, Shutter 1/640 sec, F 5.6

With a clear sky and two days before full moon, I decided to experiment with settings for getting good night time photos. My camera is a Nikon D40X. I used my 55-200mm zoom lens set to 200mm. I used manual mode for exposure and only varied the shutter speed. I took these a little after 9:00 pm EDT, hand held, leaning against a fence post. The images were cropped and then resized to a width of 600 pixels. I now have a starting point (image above) for taking photos of the moon.

ISO 400, Shutter 1/320 sec, F 5.6

ISO 400, Shutter 1/160 sec, F 5.6

Day 247 - Photo of a photo taker

The morning light filtered through the curtains made a nice effect for Marianne's camera on the dresser.

Day 242 - Black and silver

A closeup of my newer camera taken with my older camera.