Both consumer photography and sky-gazing equipment have come a long way in recent years, letting hobbyists take incredible photos of the cosmos. Still, there is some nuance to the whole thing and experts have weighed in on a couple of tips to make your Moon photos shine.
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00:00Both consumer photography and sky-gazing equipment have come a long way in recent years, letting
00:08hobbyists take incredible photos of the cosmos.
00:11Still, there is some nuance to the whole thing, and experts have weighed in on a couple of
00:15tips to make your moon photos shine.
00:18The first suggestion is to make sure you're snapping your pics at the right time.
00:21Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy told Business Insider that you should photograph the moon
00:25just after moon rise, saying the context of the objects on the horizon are what make
00:30moon photos look so incredible, saying that if it's too high overhead, you don't have
00:34that context, so it appears a little bit smaller.
00:37Experts also recommend some pretty standard photography tools, like a tripod and photo
00:41editing software.
00:42The tripod will provide the clearest image, and editing it will allow you to take a photo
00:46which often comes out much less vivid than what you saw in the sky and make it pop.
00:50So what if you're shooting with just a smartphone?
00:52McCarthy says that you need to set the digital exposure time so that the lunar surface doesn't
00:57get blown out by the brightness of the moon, making sure you get all the details of Earth's
01:01brightest neighbor.