Wow! I've been trying to get a clear picture of craters on the moon's surface but I don't think my camera is capable of that. This is a great picture. I like the simplicity. White on a blue background. Love it!

jpeg artifacts :(

Hah! The first one! Nobody here but me and the moon. Great shot.

Beautiful!

There was a gorgeous shot of the moon through some ominous black clouds the other night here in Syracuse. But I was coming home from work and didn't have my camera.

Happy New Year Sam.
So nice shot. great blue sky, nice soft cloud and moon.

Wow, Sam! Very, very impressive. The color of the sky is so rich. When I look longer at the moon is starts looking like a stone sinking in water. Great photo.

Simple, very good. I really like the deep color of the sky.

quietude!!

wow, this is stunning. did you use a teleconvertor? wait, are you actually going to answer this question? whats the point of asking? good picture anyways.

You know what? Yesterday springtime germany began, and it was a lovely day! This morning when I woke up, it was snowing nauseously :-( I wish I could see the moon like you could - Nice one!

Great capture. Especially I like the dark blue and the contrast by the moon and the overall simplicity of the image. Neat!

Beautiful picture !

Very nice! Did you use a polarizer?

wonderfully framed shot. Moon is nice and sharp!

Wow! This is realy cool.
Could you please post a 1024x768 or higher resolution pic?

Moon pictures always intreague me

Nice sky

Beautiful! How do you shoot the moon without flare? Whenever i do the moon just becomes a white ball...

Really nice, great shot!, I wish you a happy and prosperous new year filled with success and happiness, I hope this year brings you peace and love.

Very nice 3 dimensional moon. I like that you got the moon really bright and the sky so dark blue with it. Did you use a filter for this? Or was it just the right time of day for it? Very cool shot.

wow! that is just fantastic. love the detail from the moon surface.

Wow. Amazing.

It's amazing how such a simple shot can leave me looking for ages at my screen in wonderment of the fantastic photo I see before my eyes!

Very nice shot.

Nice jon man!

classic framing, well captured!

Hi,

I was just wondering how the moon looked like in Canada on this very first day of spring last night. Thanks so much for posting this pic.

Seriously Sam, I know you were just taking a picture, but you should go to the moon. It's way better when you're there. It's one thing to get a picture from a distance, but up close, you get some really cool shots. And then you could take the reverse picture of this one, of the Earth. Was that your plan all along? Now, I know what you're thinking, it's gotten too comercial with the moon Mcdonalds, and the new Space Disney, but if you can look past all that crap then there are a lot of cool things there, like midgets. Because that's where they come from. They come from the moon.

I see a good moon but not a trace of a cloud on my screen. ?????

How did you manage to capture the moon in such amazing detail?! Absolutely breathtaking.

Is it a cut?

i think i will have to try that.

Beautiful photo! Great colours, great composition.

We all love lunacy!

By the way, your exposure data disappears from my screen when the photo opens. Could you arrange for the data to always be visible?

George

absolutely gorgeous. that blue is just dazzling.

sigh...it says "british summer time begins" in my diary, to begin this sunday, and yet i'm still fully wrapped in my toque and scarf! argh!

Sam I've been eyeing this moon for several days now. Partcularly around the very early morning hours (over-the-city-shot would be nice).

But since I haven't been brave enough to face the freezing cold this Spring has so far offered us, I'm thankful that you were and you managed to get such a simple and beautiful photo.

Cheers,
James

Wonderful shot, Sam!

And thanks for the tips. I will try that next time I shoot the moon. Haha.

Wow such detail and the blue is definitely intense.

Excellent shot! I was actually surprised when I pulled this up and could see craters on the moon.

That's a brave use of negative space! I appreciate that.

i concur with the crater comment. that's wicked. looks like the other half just fell to earth

:)k

Thanks for the tips. I intend to try it soon.

I could feel as if the moon is actually a few inches away from my hand. Looking forward for the full moon :)

the details looks fabulous. can you explain the settings in more layman's terms?

Nothing wrong with LONG exposures -- IF you're using a tripod :-) -- In fact, a tripod is pretty much a must - and stopping down to f/11 or f/16 will give a really nice sharp image... using the 'sunny 16' rule actually works well -- and if you want some nice azure sky like you have here - just either open up a stop -- or reduce your shutter speed by a stop -- I think that's what you did here -- great job...

thats a collectors item for me - nice shot !!

Just a quick comment:

Actually the movement of both objects (not only the one from the Earth like you suggest) could generate this bluriness.

This is because both objects (Earth and Moon) are moving in their own orbits.

Great pictures!

Nice Toronto 'taste' in every image.

Cheers !

Very good, it is not never watched with too much attention

The first thing that struck me was the background color; I like it a lot. Secondly, the exposure of the moon is perfect. Great way of getting around no spot-meter, though I'm sure many of the techniques you used would still apply. Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing it with us, Sam.

excellent! I love skies generally and this really works for me.....

Am I the only critical soul here? My comments don't get posted anyway because I'm obsessed with quality. This shot is actually aweful. Why? The blue sky is aweful, typical digital characteristics, artificial, digitalization is so obvious. The sky is very artificial, the shades of blue never look like that. This shot clearly shows the shortcoming of digital cameras.
Some of the shots posted are good, but clearly manipulated in photoshop, especially the buildings on Yonge Street and many others.
That's my five cents worth.

incredible photo!!!!

WOW WOW i love it!!! what size lens was the shot with?

What excellent pictures you have here. I'm a basic photographer and would love to learn the art. Maybe this fall I'd be able to take a class and someday have a site similar to urs.