another attempt at shooting the moon

Whenever I have my camera with me, I always try to take a photo of the Moon. Several times, with a hand-held camera, I didn't like the photos I got. I even blogged about my last failed attempt. I concluded that to have a clear shot of the Moon with my camera, I need to get it stabilized on a tripod.

While at the 18th Philippine International Hot-Air Balloon Fiesta, I noticed the waxing gibbous Moon and thought that the conditions were right to have another try at taking its photo. After all, I hadn't tried Julian Cribb's advice yet.

Lo and behold, Mr Cribb was right! I was able to take a decent photo of the Moon at last!
 
Look, Ma, no tripod!!

The Moon wasn't exactly low in the sky when I got this image; it was hovering over Mt Arayat when I noticed it. But it wasn't too bright yet, so I was able to capture the dark spots on the Moon's surface.

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  1. Nice pic!!! What make the background of the picture blue?

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    1. Thanks! The sky was still that shade of blue when I took this photo. I think this was shot about an hour before sunset.

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