I had the opportunity to take several photographs of the moon yesterday with my Olympus EPL7 camera, just as it was about to reach its fullness (it being the 15th day of the seventh Chinese lunar month).
Taken on 25 August morning at 4.41 a.m. as the bright moonlight streamed into the bedroom and awoke me. Technical details: Manual exposure at 150mm focal length, 1/400 seconds shutter speed, f/5.6 aperture, ISO 200.
Taken on 25 August evening at 11.06 p.m. Technical details: Manual exposure at 150mm focal length, 1/1250 seconds shutter speed, f/5.6 aperture, ISO 200.
Bonus: In fact, if one had taken the trouble to look at the night sky these past few weeks, it would have been possible to spot Jupiter and the very faint Saturn earlier in the evening, and even Venus. All with the naked eye. But what I'd like to mention here is that the picture below was taken of Mars, that little red, fiery spot of light in the sky. Two nights earlier, the moon had moved close to it but Mars is now further away from our own immediate celestial neighbour. Taken on 25 August evening at 11.07 p.m. Technical details: Manual exposure at 150mm focal length, 1/40 seconds shutter speed, f/5.6 aperture, ISO 200.
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