Well, I was bored, and the moon beckoned me . . .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[riverbendviewgal]

1. So beautiful.

Great photo, Peggy. Thanks for sharing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I really appreciate your very kind comments, my dear riverbendviewgal!

Thank you so much.

I always feel like sharing, for what good is a photo if nobody sees it? Sharing is in my DNA!

[question everything]

3. Beautiful! (Still not pink) but generates hope that perhaps someplace there is peace

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thanks so much, my dear question everything!

It didn't look pink to my eyes; it looked more like some vanilla ice cream. Too rocky to eat!

We always hope for peace someplace.

[Inkey]

4. Your photos are always fantastic !

CaliforniaPeggy you always capture a unique slice of life we can appreciate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Wow, my dear Inkey! Thanks so much . . .

Your comments make me very happy!

[58Sunliner]

5. It was beautiful tonight, large and here in RVA, very yellow-orange. Thanks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you so much, my dear 58Sunliner!

It was bright here as well, but the color was more very pale yellow, almost the same as vanilla ice cream. My camera couldn't capture it.

Where is RVA?

[SheltieLover]

9. Beautiful, Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Thanks so much, my dear SheltieLover!

[calimary]

10. I see a dog in there. Facing camera-left.

Short snout, white fur, short black ears that hang down.

Either that, or a somewhat portly guy in profile, facing camera-left, dark hair, maybe balding on top, with bald spot covered by what looks like some sort of dark-colored, pointy brimless, service cap.

I haven’t had a toke all day. I think I’m just a bit weird.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Hmmm, my dear calimary!

I see something like what you described, but for me it's facing camera right.

Hope you enjoyed it, whatever it looked like!

[JohnnyRingo]

11. Like I can reach out and touch it

Did you use a tripod?
You take such great pix of the moon, you must be born under Cancer, the Moonchild.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Ah, my dear JohnnyRingo, I thank you!

I always use a tripod. The camera/lens combo is fairly heavy for me, and a tripod gives me huge amounts of stability!

In fact, I'm using a new tripod that's a lot sturdier than my lightweight one.

Alas, I am not a Cancer. I was born under the sign Sagittarius.

[electric_blue68]

12. Nice! I'll never forget looking through my then latest Digital SLR Camera that had

Hmmm, 12 Xs Optical zoom, with 40X digital increase; and looking at The Moon. Around the '10s.

While it wasn't as a close up as I'd seen decades earlier w a friend's telescope while in College having a get together w a bunch of us - seeing about 1/8th or even closer of it: the 12Xs got me to actually get to see the craters, and shadows without even having to have a telescope, or without having to pay a boatload of money back when I had a film SLR to get a ?600mm or so lens.

The tech had advanced so far, I could just have a camera. It was amazing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Thanks for your illuminating remarks, my dear electric_blue68!

I hear you about seeing the craters for the first time. It is plainly mindboggling!

I feel very lucky to have a great zoom (100--400mm) with an internal zoom (2X extender) as well that is digital. Push a button and the photo shows the object as much larger with no loss of detail! I love it.

Glad you enjoyed seeing my photo tonight!

[electric_blue68]

23. Sounds like a great camera! 👍 keep on snapping.

[Pas-de-Calais]

13. Aooooooooooo

Sorry

Full moon got to me

Great pic

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thanks for the chuckle, my dear Pas-de-Calais!

No need to be sorry!

Glad you enjoyed!

[DFW]

19. It has been a while since the moon last beckoned me. Last time, it almost worked!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. That's lovely, my dear DFW! Love the craters.

[DFW]

21. Not exactly the most sophisticated photography

I stuck my cell phone into the eyepiece of a telescope halfway up Mauna Kea at night.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. And the main thing about what you did (damn clever, BTW) is that It Worked!