Maritime moon!

Very nice. Excellent clarity and exposure. I've tried a few times and have not been completely satisfied. What lens did you use if you don't mind me asking?

Hi Tony...I used my 300mm/f4,hand held and firmly braced against the guardrail of my front varenda; I never use a tripod but this would be a good place to use one.I shot away at this whenever the cloud cover moved away and let the camera select the f-stop which I stepped down by increment.I tweaked the best shot in PP and cropped to fill the frame.Glad you like!Salutations-Laurent

Handheld, Laurent - are you kidding?!? Aside from the clarity and exposure Tony mentioned, the image is incredibly sharp. Even the best moon photo I ever shot using a tripod didn't have the strength this image has. My sincere congratulations, michael

Michael..You are very generous with your observation.I am totally ignorant in taking this type of shot and I just pointed the camera at the moon and went ''trial & error'' with different speeds /openings and then tweaked the best shot in PP....Now,pumped up with your comment,I went back out this evening to see if I could repeat to find the moon crossed with a nice contrail;by the time I went back in the house to mount my 300mm,the trail had shifted and the moon was in the clear so I took a few shots,Amazing how much more of the moon is lit just a day later.If you have time,look for this new shot which I parked next to this one in my folio...titled ''A moon for Michael''.Salutations amicales-Laurent