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<p>Hi, there is a very old stone arch railroad bridge in Latrobe. Near there is Ligonier, where there is an old fort. There is the Coke & Coal trail in surrounding areas all over the place where I've found some great nature photo's! There is Mount Davis, highest mountain in PA, but it's in southern Somerset Country off 219. It has a lookout tower also, but it's only open in daylight hours. Might want to check out a really pretty massive park called Mingo Creek Park in Washington County. If you go to their website, they put on "star parties" about twice a month, anybody can go up, see walk around and look in professional astronomers (hobbyist) telescopes and they also have a huge on on site to look through and an observatory. Otherwise, it's open for hiking, camping, etc. during daylight hours. Hope some of that helps! You can find all those places on Google! Enjoy! It's been a very, very wet summer, so I wouldn't expect to see very colorful fall foliage this year. Wet summers tend towards dull colors and leaves falling off early. Sadly. The last time we had a nice "fall" was around 2004 - 2005. Have a safe trip!</p>

<p>Well, the reason it doesn't look much different is because the super moon peaked at 7:20 AM EST, which of course we could not see on the east coast. It won't be much different tonight, but all the sites I read said photograph Sunday night, not Saturday to get a bigger moon.</p>

<p>Technically, the Supermoon will not "peak" until 7:20-ish Sunday Morning in the USA, meaning that tonight's moon isn't actually much bigger than you usually see it. Tomorrow night is being considered the night to really see the Supermoon. All the science and weather sites I've been on have named the Supermoon for Sunday, June 23rd for the night to view. I'll be photographing tomorrow night if it's clear here.</p>

<p>I purchased iBird Pro for Android and it works great. I used it draw in the cardinals last summer and it worked like a charm! :)</p>

<p>I'm interested to know how this photographer does this too. I would assume there is quite a bit of photoshopping done after the fact, but who knows.</p>

<p>We grow the ones in the first photo here in the NE USA. They are "bell flowers" or "balloon flowers". I cannot tell what the 2nd one is by the way the photo was taken.</p>

<p>We used to get the hummingbird moths all the time. I just saw one the other day, first in a long time. Didn't stick around long enough to get a photo. They are fun to watch when they do stick around. If you plant flowers that hummingbirds like, you'll see those more often. </p>

<p>Hi, I don't have a response to this, but I was wondering how one goes about finding people in your own area who would do the same thing. I'm heavily into nature photography, but would love to follow a pro around - even if for a day - in my own area. Is there someplace that advertises these events?</p>

<p>LOL at your last comment. Well, I don't have smog here, just high humidity. I may save my moon photography for fall/winter! Every night this week there has been a "halo" around the moon.</p>

<p>Bob, great article! I will try these out when I can find me a nice clear night.</p>

<p>Thank you for all the responses, links, etc. I get so frustrated looking at what my "point and shoot" did and then looking at my DSLR on manual settings. I will study all these responses and try the various tips and see what I come up with.<br>

In response to one person, I did not come out of AC last night, so I ruled that out. However, the humidity has been very high here in the NE so that was probably a big factor. When I did the Super Moon photo in May, I don't recall any humidity.<br>

Also, I'm a little confused at what bracketing means. I keep reading it, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do? This forum is really helping me learn new things, I love it!<br>

Also, it is a new lens, not a used one.</p>

<p>After doing some research on my iBird Pro, the easiest way to tell them apart is size. It says that females can be up to 25% larger than males.</p>

<p>When the "Super Moon" was out in May, I only owned a Canon PowerShot SX210. I went out near the peak time and took several beautiful moon pictures on "night mode" that I'm very proud of.<br>

<br /> Recently, I decided to take what was left in my savings and follow my passion for photography and buy a "real" camera. I purchased a Nikon (on the advice of a professional photographer friend) D3200 (because I could afford it and it had great beginner reviews), the kit, a telephoto lens (55-300) and a macro lens. A bought a few books and settled in to teach myself how to shoot manually.<br>

<br /> Now, I love my Nikon D3200, but... I've recently become frustrated, over the moon! I went outside tonight for the full moon and starting playing with settings I had found on various photography sites. I came in, downloaded the pictures to my PC, and they all have a "glow" around the moon with lots of noise. The photographs I took with that little Canon had no "glow" and no "noise."<br>

<br /> What can I do to make my Nikon DSLR moon pictures look more like my Canon "point and shoot" picture?<br>

<br /> <strong>Nikon D3200 300mm f11 1/125</strong><br /> <img src="http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa102/PMcOuntry/010.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<strong>Canon PowerShot SX210 "Night Mode" 70mm</strong><br /> <img src="http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa102/PMcOuntry/IMG_5598.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="768" /><br>

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<p>Thanks for all the responses! I would have checked sooner, but we had company. I've never used the custom white balance w/a white or gray card, so I will look into that. I will also look into some of the free software. I use a PC. Nikon does not give you any software except the viewer (ViewNX2). You can buy NX2 Capture by Nikon ($135), which seems nice in the trial I've been playing with, but I'm a beginner at photography software, so who knows if I'm even using it right, heh! </p>

<p>Hi, I finally got myself a Nikon DSLR camera (D3200) and some lenses. I have the 40mm Macro f2.8 lens and have been taking nature photography. I have been having trouble with purple flowers coming out blue and red flowers either going towards pink or orange. I cannot afford Photoshop at this time (or any other software for that matter), so I'm hoping there is something I can do with my camera settings to at least get close to the natural color. I'm have a pretty good handle on aperture, shutter, ISO, etc. already, so don't be afraid to use some technical terms. If I don't understand what you mean, I'll just ask. :)</p>