Craters and Phone Photography
A few weeks ago, I did an experiment with my daughter to show her how craters are formed. Took some flour, coca powder, and dropped a few different size objects while capturing it on the GoPro camera. It was messy and a lot of fun.
I also follow up on a previous post on how to take photos with your phone camera. I definitely had no luck with the normal camera apps on my Google Pixel phone or iPad. I downloaded some free software that called ProCam X Lite HD Camera Pro. This allows you to make some adjustments to get some descent pictures of the moon at night.
Great place to start your journey at taking pictures of the night sky is with the equipment everyone has: their phone.
If your pictures don't come out - don't fret! Try some different settings by steadying your phone, change the focus, ISO, or speed. It takes time to get good at it. Enjoy the process.
Below is a screenshot I took setting everything up. In summary - no flash; using a timer. WB (white balance) on daylight. Focus. ISO at 100. Speed starting around 1/125 to 1/250. This last setting will need to be adjusted. Too bright of a moon. Speed it up. Too dim. Slow down the speed.
Waxing Gibbous at 76%
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