At sunset this evening, the moon was glowing an ominous flame-orange, as if God had peeled a tangerine and laid its peel upon the moon. I was out eating dinner with a dear friend, when I glanced out the bistro window to discover the tangerine orb hovering over a vapour laden horizon. I came directly home whilst scanning the sky.
By the time I got home the orange orb had transformed into a crisp light peering from the black abyss. I grabbed my camera and headed towards the back garden. I crept under the enormous pine trees, as the owls hooted and the bats fluttered almost silently through the night air.
I set up the camera at the back of the property and proceeded to snap shots of the moon. The vapour had almost dissipated from around the glowing sphere by the time I got my first shot setup. The ambience was quite spooky, with all of the wolves howling and the air gently rustling through the trees.
After a few shots, I left the creatures to their business and headed to the house. Some of the shots came out well, others sucked due to using auto exposure. The moon is a tricky subject to capture. You have to set the exposure, relative aperture (f-stop), and ISO to just the right setting depending on the light and moon phase in your area. Auto mode will not work on the moon. He’s a bashful rascal. 
Canon 400D, 300mm, f7.1, 3/5e, 400ISO – Auto
Canon 400D, 300mm, f20, 1/15e, 400ISO – Manual Mode
Any questions?
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When I was a kid I was travelling at night from Cashel to Kilmallock along the backroads with my aunt and uncle. We came across a nasty accident where a car had hit a cow that had strayed onto the road. The cows pelvis was shattered and sitting on the bonnet while it mooed pitifully. The occupants were dazed and probably a bit drunk. I remember looking up and seeing a strangely blood red full moon low in the sky.
That is a wicked story, Thrifty.
The only question is who was under the influence, the cow or the motorist? 
Thanks for the comment.
heh, my auto focus must work better than yours. My manual shots come out totally pants, but my auto shots of the moon weren’t half bad!
We had a ‘blood’ moon here earlier in the year but I wasn’t ‘adept’ with the new Canon and didn’t take any shots. Creepy though it started pale and slowly turned orange in the middle of the night sky . . very cool and a once in a 300 year occurrence or something. Thanks for the ISO tip, I’ll give it a shot next time we have a decent moon! (You have wolves in your back yard? Surely you jest young man!)
@Vanilla You use a Nikon, right? They have a better focusing mechanism.
@Baino Ah, you’re welcome. My mother has wolves that come up into the prairie at the edge of the woods at night. That along with white tail deer and Panthers.
Yep, indeed I do!