Celestial Prelude to the Super Moon

Tomorrow, May 5, 2012, the Earth's moon will not only be full, but will "Perigee," being at its closest point in its orbital approach to Earth. Therefore, it is being called a Super Moon.

After discovering this information, last night (or more realistically this morning) I decided to do a prelude shoot to prep my camera settings for Saturday's shoot. Even though I was shooting with my 75-300mm zoom lens and I didn't have my aperture setting as exposed as it probably needed to be, the results from my first moon shoot didn't disappoint. Enjoy!

The Camera's settings: Aperture f/8.0 ISO 100, 80, & 60 Focal Length 300mm
Next shoot, I'll open the aperture wider to f/4.5 to see if I can sharpen up the image.