Wow, this is a beautiful shot @AlejandraMaria
I use glasses too, so I perfectly understand what it means to see an undefined ball of light on the sky
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Not surprised this post is coming from you @ErmesT for someone who’s previously has a fair share of articles related to Nature & its beauty. It reminds me of the post wherein you registered other elements of nature in an astonishing way; The Feeling of Sun per se.
I truly empathize with the all-images-appear-the-same feeling which is when we start fresh.
That said, I do not currently own a DSLR but I’d love to know what kind of camera do you use for your photography?
Conceivably, it’s high time to splurge on a good DSLR.
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Thank you so much for sharing one of your earliest memories, @Muffty
It was impressive so see a man walking on the moon. One of the first book I read was “From the Earth to the Moon”, written by Jules Verne on 1865.
One century later, the vivid imagination of Jules Verne was becoming real.
What I remember very well, was also that I was sad, thinking about Michael Collins, the pilot of the Command Module that remained on the space, without touching the surface of the moon
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Thank you for remembering my “feeling of the Sun” post @ReemaGandhi
In fact I promised in there that “the moon” would have been one of the next subjects of my posts.
To answer to your question, I use a Sony bridge camera, DSC series, with a 50x Carl Zeiss zoom (50 - 1200 mm).
It is an all in one “compact” solution, perfect if you are not looking for an High Cost professional set
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Thank you @SharifImran
What is your experience about the moon? Are you using it on your stories?
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Hola @ErmesT que lindo post, cuando el águila hizo pie en la luna yo recién tenía 5 años, en casa teníamos una TV en Blanco y Negro, y en donde vivíamos Jujuy, una provincia del norte de Argentina solo existía un solo canal de TV y esto se transmitió en cadena nacional todos estábamos expectantes en casa. Creo que todos en mayor o menor medida eso hizo que nuestra imaginación volara y nuestra respuesta a la pregunta de esa época que deseas ser cuando sean mayor la respuesta no era ni bombero ni policía era ser astronauta, en algún momento fanatice con ser piloto de avión, todo eso sumado a la literatura de ese momento por lo menos para mi, la de Julio Vernes mi autor preferido en mi infancia con su hermosa novela fantástica “De la Tierra a la Luna” y varios años después el hombre lograba esa gran proeza humana, es verdad también que también fue fruto de una carrera armamentista de la guerra fría y de unas palabras mágicas instando a toda una nación cuando Kennedy les dice “Decidimos ir a la luna no porque sea fácil, sino por que es difícil”,
Esas palabras fueron casi un mandato todo un país se unió detrás de ese objetivo, el salto en lo tecnológico en lo social y todos los indices que te imagines fueron cuánticos. No se porque pero siempre pensamos, casi inocentemente pero tiempos pasados fueron mejores, en este caso todavía no se repitió un nuevo objetivo que todo un planeta se una detrás de un solo objetivo como ir a las estrellas, supongo que mas temprano que tarde se presentara ese tipo de objetivo al ritmo que tenemos de destrucción del medio ambiente de nuestro querido planeta tierra.
Con respecto a la foto de la luna te puedo decir que me paso lo mismo, después que pude hacer mi foto tan anisada de la hermosa luna la deje de ver, pero allí es donde como bien indicas hay muchas cosas mas que podemos hacer en referencia a la luna
Saludos Farid
For the case that has difficulty, in reading my answer, in the upper left part of the screen, in the drop-down menu of languages, you can select the language, in which you want to read the post.
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Thank you for the feedback and for the video @FaridTDF
It Is funny that for many LG these moments can be considered prehistory.
What about you @lynneannec ?
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@ermest Of course to me Neil Armstrong landing on the Moon in 1969,
seems like yesterday! I was 11 and we all watched on TV, in black and white, at that time, and talked about in school. My favorite thing was that the Gulf Gas Stations gave little paper models of the Lunar Module you could put together. They were awesome! My husband and I grew up in the same neighborhood in New Orleans and that is his fondest memory also! As far as taking photos of the moon I have plenty. The one I am going to share here is rather unique. It is from August 21, 2017, of The Great American Solar Eclipse. The Moon is covering the sun. Because you can’t look directly at it, I used my turned off iPad as the reflective surface, and took a picture of my ipad with my phone. So the photo is actually a picture of my iPad, with the eclipse reflected on it’s surface. So therefore a photo of the moon
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Thank you so much @lynneannec
Now I don’t feel alone anymore.
You should add this on your “seniors” post: we are the living memory of historical events that changed the world.
Can’t wait to see your photo
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Well @ErmesT my photo was with my post! But I’ve edited twice now and I think it will stick! I love your idea about adding more historical posts! I absolutely love when my mother tells me stories about things I don’t remember clearly. Even when they are not as significant as the Moon landing. For instance, she grew up in San Antonio, Texas. In her neighborhood there were both German immigrants and Mexican ones. She was German. A Mexican man had a cart selling salty fried tortilla chips. They were very thick and very delicious. She and her friends would buy them from him, hot and homemade by this gentleman. Supposedly this man sold his recipe and it became the Fritos of today. I can’t say if this is accurate, but according to my 95 year old mother it is!
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Yup
I see your photo now @lynneannec .
Great Idea, I did more or less the same on the “red Moon” last year.
I try to keep the memory of my area exploring the territory of WW1, and their evolution after a century
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Wow, gorgeous photo @ErmesT !
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Hi @ErmesT ,
Amazing post! Being able to share your own memories of that historical event is just awe-inspiring, thank you so much for giving us a glimpse into the emotion of that night.
I don’t have good quality photos of the Moon to share with you, but I completely understand your fascination with it and applaud the creative ways you’ve found to include the Moon in your photos. They’re so diverse! 
By the way, ever since I was a kid, I’ve always seen the craters as forming eyes and nose, and a wide-open mouth, and I imagined that the Moon has a human face. Have you ever thought so, too?
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I have been always fascinated by the moon @DeniGu , and sometime, I have to admit, I still taking some photo of the moon itself, trying to get some particolar condition. But I mostly love the Idea of adding the moon as a special element of a photo with a completely different subject.
Face of the moon? Honestly no, missions Apollo gave me a clear idea of what the moon is But a couple of days ago I took a photo that I will share later. I am sure you will like it
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Beautiful photo, @ErmesT !
Even though there’s only one object in the photo, it somehow feels “full” and meaning-ful.
Well, face or no face, I’m looking forward to the photo you mentioned!
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Here I am @DeniGu
What I love of this photo is the color of the sky. Not completely night, with a few clouds around. The photo remind me to the logo of an American animation studio. Just imagine a boy seated in there, with a fishing pole …
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But you will probably find more interesting the next sequence @DeniGu :
It was January 28, 2018, a 4:55 PM. Cold, with a temperature around 0 °C, and a very transparent air, minutes before the night. The moon seems to roll down on the Earth, through the branches of the tree. You can see the details of the craters on the bottom part of the moon.
We had to speed up (yes, I loose the sense of the time, when I am taking photos), just to stop, 10 minutes later, for a photo of the white cat on the dark, on the other side of the river, seated on the moonlight
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It’s just so impressive how different the photos of the same object can be. Thank you for the photos, @ErmesT , they were well worth the wait!
I can totally see the little fellow from Dreamworks Animation throw his fishing rod in the lake from his snug place on the moon. What camera did you use to capture this detailed image with its beautiful blue nuances?
The photo of the cat is so mystical! To be honest, at first I thought that the image was manipulated in some way, but when I read your description I realised that you just have an eye for such unusual moments. Thank you again for sharing!
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