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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Moonrise Over Boston, Massachusetts, USA

On October 11th, at 5:39pm the full moon rose in the east over the Charles River and downtown Boston.  At 6:09pm the sun set in the west.  These photos were taken near the intersection of Massachusetts Ave and Memorial Drive in Cambridge between 6:30 - 7:30pm.  Shooting in the dark with a point and shoot camera was surprisingly successful (with a mini-tripod).



My Sony point and shoot camera does not have a manual setting option so it is not possible to increase the shutter speed longer than the pre-programmed two seconds maximum.  I did find another program option however, that let me increase the ISO to 3200 at 1/4 second, f/3.5, to capture the following photo. I'm surprised it's not more grainy (granier?).
 




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