Snapping the moon fantastic

Yeah I know it's not real good. But I was trying to get photos of the stars when the moon popped up above the neighbors house and I chucked the 300mm kit lens on and had a go.

I got one!

So I've had a Sony A200 dslr for a year now and have hardly used it. It's my first slr and I bought it coz it had fairly good reviews, and the price wasn't too steep for a beginner who'd end up using it as a paperweight (like I did, lol). Lately I've been getting the urge to use it a bit more though.

The other morning we had an excellent thunderstorm here. So half asleep I got out of bed and tried to get some lightning shots. Finally a use for the tripod I also bought last year and haven't used :)

Anyway, I was a bit too slow setting it all up, but managed to get a shot. Not very good composition, and I forgot to focus at infinity properly. But at least I know how to take these types of shots now :)

Introduction

Well, I've been procrastinating way too much about starting a blog. Just thinking of a name was bad enough. I guess this is a start, hey?