00:03both consumer photography and sky gazing equipment have come a long way in recent years letting
00:08hobbyists take incredible photos of the cosmos still there is some nuance to the whole thing
00:13and experts have weighed in on a couple of tips to make your moon photos shine the first suggestion
00:18is to make sure you're snapping your pics at the right time astrophotographer andrew mccarthy told
00:23business insider that you should photograph the moon just after moonrise saying the context of
00:28the objects on the horizon are what make moon photos look so incredible saying that if it's too
00:32high overhead you don't have that context so it appears a little bit smaller experts also recommend
00:38some pretty standard photography tools like a tripod and photo editing software the tripod will provide
00:43the clearest image and editing it will allow you to take a photo which often comes out much less vivid
00:48than what you saw in the sky and make it pop so what if you're shooting with just a smartphone
00:52well
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 brightest
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