Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all...

Well...
Again it's going to be the
Mid-Autumn Festival soon...

However my holiday is just goin to end...
'School days' will start from the coming Monday...
Awhhh... how awfull is that...
No choice... Reality is still reality...

Anyway,
i've actually been wondering on how to shoot the moon
for a long time...
everytime i tried to take a shot of the moon,
what i manage to get is just a small dot of light...
after been searching informations from the internet,
i finally figured out on how to shoot the moon...

By understanding that the moon is comparable to a bulb
which constantly realease a huge amount of light,
(yea, i know the moon itself doesnt realease but reflect light,
so it's just a comparison... lol)
You need to know that a fast shutter speed is needed
in order for us to 'under-expose' the bright moon
so that the details on the surface of the moon can be seen.
If too much light enters the camera,
the moon will be over exposed and we could not really
see what's on the surface of it...
I decided to shoot by using Manual mode on the camera...
If semi-auto such as aperture priority is used,
the camera itself too, will be confused that a slow shutter is needed
to capture light in such a dark condition,
which is a wrong decision.

For this time, i just simply use handheld method to capture this shot...
as at a shutter speed of 1/320s,
i dont really need a tripod...
but if we need a crisp image, a tripod is still essential...

So...
this is the shot of the moon...
and it was a cropped one,
since i'm just using a lens with a
maximum focal length of 105mm...
Added some chinese captions in this photo
as the mid-autumn festival is coming soon...
They mean 'appreciate what we all have now
and appreciate the people around us'...

And finally, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all... =)

p/s: still got lots of photos haven't uploaded to this blog. For more photos, i've been uploading them to my facebook page. Gona wait for some time for these to be uploaded at here. =)