M First moon pic

[spacetrace]

Hi Everyone, I would like to share my first moon pic. It was taken with pentak k100d, with 300mm lense, manually focused. I had the ISO at 800, I think I could have got away with a 400ISO and 1/3000. I have cropped it and sharpened it in Picasa ... what do you think... any tips on how I could improve the image?

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[roundycat]

It looks a bit noisy, maybe down to the high ISO. Remember the moon is lit by the sun so is as bright as the sahara desert at midday. 100 ISO and 1/60th at f8 will do it.

Dennis