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<blockquote data-quote="Watoh" data-source="post: 137310" data-attributes="member: 13732">I thought i'd share my experience of a comedy of errors in an attempt to get some nice moon shots last night.Came back from dinner out, had a couple of gins &amp; couple of beers, mistake number one!&nbsp; Beautiful starry evening, crescent moon with the whole circumference just visible.&nbsp; Great scene for some night shots.Merrily grabbed my camera bag and tripod and wandered off into the darkness, i live in the countryside with no street lights or similar.&nbsp; No forethought or planning for a night shot, mistake number two!&nbsp; Brand new camera that i am not at all familiar with, 1st Nikon, mistake number 3.Arrived at my desired spot, 10 minutes walk.&nbsp; Realise i did not even bring a torch! Big mistake number 4!&nbsp; Pitch black!Plonk down my tripod and get my camera set on it, pull out my remote led, that i have yet to attach even in day light, mistake 5, and spend 10 minutes fumbling around trying to find where it goes.. at this point the reality of my stupidity is starting to sink in!&nbsp; I do however manage to attach the remote.I then attempt to take a series of shots of the moon having done no research and very little experience of what settings will work well, mistake 6.Needless to say, i capture 20 horrible blurry moon shots and retreat home chuckling to myself at what a compete idiot i have been!I did however learn a lot about how not to take night shots a valuable lesson.&nbsp; Most important rule don't wandered into the darkness tipsy!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Watoh, post: 137310, member: 13732"] I thought i'd share my experience of a comedy of errors in an attempt to get some nice moon shots last night. Came back from dinner out, had a couple of gins & couple of beers, mistake number one! Beautiful starry evening, crescent moon with the whole circumference just visible. Great scene for some night shots. Merrily grabbed my camera bag and tripod and wandered off into the darkness, i live in the countryside with no street lights or similar. No forethought or planning for a night shot, mistake number two! Brand new camera that i am not at all familiar with, 1st Nikon, mistake number 3. Arrived at my desired spot, 10 minutes walk. Realise i did not even bring a torch! Big mistake number 4! Pitch black! Plonk down my tripod and get my camera set on it, pull out my remote led, that i have yet to attach even in day light, mistake 5, and spend 10 minutes fumbling around trying to find where it goes.. at this point the reality of my stupidity is starting to sink in! I do however manage to attach the remote. I then attempt to take a series of shots of the moon having done no research and very little experience of what settings will work well, mistake 6. Needless to say, i capture 20 horrible blurry moon shots and retreat home chuckling to myself at what a compete idiot i have been! I did however learn a lot about how not to take night shots a valuable lesson. Most important rule don't wandered into the darkness tipsy! ;) [/QUOTE]

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