Moon in Cloud, by Mias
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Mias is from Cambridgeshire, in the UK, and a regular Canon EOS-400D DSLR user. However, the picture from Mias' gallery we're featuring today was taken on a Canon Powershot A650is compact. And that makes the result all the more remarkable. The effect is almost three dimensional and could be mistaken for a painting at first glance.
"I am pleased that you rate my photo enough to include it in your POTD section," says Mias.
"It was taken on the 17/5/08 from a bedroom windowsill using my Canon Powershot A650is on a tripod at 2.5 secs, f/4.8, ISO 80, no flash.
I have seen some brilliant moon shots on DPNow, fancied a go myself and had been watching a full(ish) moon pass by for a few nights when this particular evening I saw how the moonlight was creating the spectacular colours in the cloud. I intended using my Canon 400d but the A650 was on the tripod from earlier, so, using it for a couple of 'test shots' got the result you see which may have passed whilst changing camera's. I haven't taken another on this subject since."
It would certainly be hard to improve on the aura that this image exudes.
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