1/50 • f/10.0 • 105.0mm • ISO 100 • show original

First attempt at photographing the moon.

I learned that the trick was to expose for the moon. That way it won't get a glowing circle around it. However, it makes the background really dark.

The edited photo is from the RAW file. So I think I was able to retrieve some more dynamic range. But I don't know much about RAW editing yet.

I still wonder how to take clear shots of the moon with some kind of background except pure black. Does it require a camera with insane dynamic range? Or does it require taking two separate photos with different exposure settings and then somehow merge them in post?