August blue moon: how to take a good photograph of the supermoon on your phone or camera

Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don ’ts of photographing the full super moonHere ’s when to see the ‘super blue moon’ this weekGet ourmorning and afternoon news emails,free app ordaily news podcastWith ablue moon rising this week, the second supermoon of August 2023, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try to get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately getting a great photo of the full super moon is really challenging.Two reasons: it is very far away and unless you have a telephoto lens (which makes the moon appear closer than it is) it will always appear as a very small glowing dot in the frame.Continue reading...
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