First Look at the Night Sky

This was actually my first attempt at taking night pictures. After reading the manual, I got an idea on what the camera setting should be at. A tripod is recommended for taking night shots, so I went to look for our tripod. Then found out that our screw thing, the piece that attaches the camera to the tripod, is missing. So I used my resources and tumbled out the door at 10:45. The sky that night was pretty bright. The moon was a waxing gibbous, which is 11 days old and 4 days away from a full moon. It was rather cloudy that night. I call it the Halloween skies because the moon kept appearing and disappearing like it would on Halloween.  

The first picture was the first one ever and it was a tester of the camera setting. I was instantly shocked because you can actually see how bright the sky is! What I was really going for was to see the entire moon, but I was standing on the sidewalk with no shoes. I didn't want to go on the grass barefoot, so I went as far out on the sidewalk. That's why you just see the light of the moon peeking out. 

This was from my backyard. I got a better view back there and I was really happy because you can see like every detail of the sky. If you look closely, the picture is really grainy and looks old. I think if I get the settings on the camera right, it won't look so bad. 

I recommend you do not use flash at 11pm at night. Bad idea. Well being new to the idea, I tested out the option of flash. I took a bundle of pictures without realizing just how bright the flash was. It lit up like the entire front of the house. It might have disturbed the neighbors, but I dont think it went that far. I apologize though, neighbors. If you noticed in the picture, there's a a weird red flare on the edges, and I edited that in along with the filter, just to make it look cool. 

This is the same picture as the one above, but I edited this on the iPad using some app called sketches by tayasui. I edited the original picture, the one without any red flares or filter. 

Pretty fun for a night experience. Actually, I saw a cat in the beginning, which completely look me by surprise. I tried to take a picture of it but it was too dark and there wasn't enough light. By the end, there were some sorts of creaking noises too, but I know it was the wind making random noises. Even though it got really spooky near the end, it was worth it. Next time I go night hunting, i'll try to go when the stars are out and take some star pictures.