The Moon tonight, October 21, 2018:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[elleng]

1. THANKS, Peg!

Not home tonight, and not seeing it.

FULL on 10/24; hope I'll be home.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, thank you so much, my dear elleng!

I really wanted to get this one. I've been trying, without any success for several days. I just didn't know my equipment well enough.

Today everything came together and here it is.

I hope you'll be home to see it too. And I hope that the skies will be clear for both of us.



For the real photographers (not like me--I just play at it!) my settings were F11 and 1/60 of a second. Remote cable, camera on manual focus and set at infinity.

What other settings would be better?

[elleng]

6. Forecast is 'mostly sunny' @ home for Wednesday.

I just play at it too! Auto focus (I think; camera does the work! Ask the REAL photogs here what would be best!)

[mobeau69]

3. Nice. What magnification is this?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you! Not sure what you mean by magnification.

My lens is 16--300mm and it was all the way out, plus I cropped the photo.

Does that help?

[mobeau69]

12. Yes. 300 showed surface features pretty well.

Thanks CP.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. And I thank you!

[Docreed2003]

4. Beautiful! Thank you so much!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Thank you so much, my dear Docreed! So glad you like it.

[Ohiogal]

5. That's gorgeous!

Well done, CaliforniaPeggy!

We've been so covered with clouds here. Nothing like seeing the moon in a dark, velvety, night sky. I try to look for it every night when taking my dog out.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thank you so much, my dear Ohiogal!

I hear you about the clouds. When I want to see the moon, I want those pesky clouds gone!

[badhair77]

7. I'm loving this shot, Peggy. When I look out tonight I see clouds.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I'm glad you're loving it, and thank you, my dear badhair77!

Clouds don't work when you want to see the moon.

[volstork]

14. Gorgeous!

I've been watching the moon and Mars dance together all summer and into the fall.

What a lovely photo!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Thank you so much, my dear volstork!

I've seen Mars up there with the moon too, but haven't been able to get them together, darn it!

Someday, perhaps...

[volstork]

16. You're way ahead of me with your lovely photo.

I just have my eyeballs!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Just your eyeballs? I think those are underappreciated.

After all, our eyes help us see the world and they bring memories.

And sometimes I think that the photos I see in my memories are more vivid than the ones in my computer...

[question everything]

18. So nice to see clear skies in CA after the smoky nights of the summer

that affected viewing the skies all the way to the Midwest.

beautiful!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Thank you so much, my dear question everything!

We're enjoying those clear skies so much!

Glad you like my photo!

[a la izquierda]

20. Wow!! That's beautiful!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Thank you so much, my dear a la izquierda!