Ah photographing the moon, something we don’t often have chance to do unless we have super telephoto lenses!

The moon was huge and bright last night so I took a few shots of it, sadly the moon itself isn’t clear but the silvery effect of the sky came out very nicely giving a spooky haunted feel to the shot.

It was my first try using my new Manfrotto 190ProDB Tripod with 141RC 3-way Pan/Tilt head.

Exposure: 4 sec Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 60 mm ISO: 320

This was my first time shooting in RAW and processing to TIFF then jpeg for web.

Street Photography in Singapore outside Funan Digital Mall.

Exposure: 1.6s ISO: 320 Aperture: f/22 Focal length: 18mm

View the large version to see the detail in the bottom half as it’s quite dark.

Taken without a tripod and my new D70s resting on the cathedral gate with the lens, body supported by my hand. The technique is called bracing.

When you don’t have a tripod, and you are doing street photography use whatever you can, lean on a tree, rest your camera on a wall or a fence, or even a friends shoulder to steady it.

I had to use max aperture so it was over-exposed, as with no tripod I still had to keep the shutter speed down to 1.6 seconds.

Street photography is about grabbing the scene, capturing the essence of the moment, I’m still trying to master that.