Many people try to shoot at the moon on auto, but the camera’s little IQ always works out a way to make it either too bright or out of focus, so it looks like a blurred shiny dot.

My attempt at capturing the waning moon above the garden yielded a pleasing result and for the techno minded, here is how I did it.

1. With a camera mounted on a tripod and VR disabled, set your camera to Aperture Priority mode.

2. With maximum zoom and maximum aperture on your zoom lens try to set the camera to center point focus and find your target in the sky.

3. You should preferably trigger the camera remotely or with a timer to avoid any shaking. If the shot turns out to be too bright, adjust the camera’s brightness offset +- to darker to blow away any background around the moon since the Moon will be the brightest object in your frame.

4. Click away and good luck.