A Moon Filled Morning Walk

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My early morning walks have been getting darker and darker as winter approaches. On this recent morning I was fortunate enough to have a full moon to help light the way. Most moon shots I take with my phone camera are never really that good. The moon always comes across as small and blurry. None the less, I decided to give it another try and also use the night mode setting for a few of the shots on my Samsung S20 FE. Here is what I got. 🙂

The mountains and the moon

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Starting my walk the first thing I noticed was the bright streets and the size of the moon. I got out the phone and took a couple pics in normal mode. Things are a little fuzzy and zooming in makes it somewhat worse.

As I reach an open field with some mountain views I try a couple more shots in normal mode. The zoomed shot on the right seems to brighten up with the lights from the structures on my right.

Like the opening shot from the beginning, this was taken in night mode.

When you push the shutter button it has you hold the phone still for 5 seconds.

At the end of the 5 seconds it does some calculating at spits out your image.

The shots are a little soft and fuzzy. but I can see quite a bit of detail.

Even a few stars in this one.

On the way home I caught some glowing eyes next to me as I walked. It was very dark in this area so even night mode could not give me a decent shot. Had to resort to my headlamp and normal mode. 🙂

And lastly from a week earlier in the pitch black I tried capturing the glowing eyes of this deer in normal mode with my headlamp on. I was somewhat perplexed for a while how my phone and hands were in the shot being taken by my phone. Took me a bit to realize it was their shadow on the ground that I was seeing. 😁
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