Looking up to the sky at night

I'd obtained a 400mm f5.6 Sigma lens. Not great, just ok. The thing is its a Sony A fit. For those of you that know, I generally use Nikon or occasionally Canon. Anyhoo I picked up a Sony A350 for less than I spend on lunch each week, just to try out this lens.

I decided on photographing the Moon, as my mum had mentioned one evening how lovely it looked. You know what, it is a lovely thing.

Ideally I'd have gone out to somewhere there isn't too much ambient light such as street lights and traffic, but I'm only messing around with a cheap camera and a 'free' lens. So the garden was just fine.

I had to wait till the Moon rose over the rooftops, it's surprising how fast the moon appears to travel when you're wanting to take a photo of it.

I'd been going out every night this week watching it, waiting for the sun to set, offering me nice contrast (the lens suffers with poor contrast as well).

So last night I think I got some images that are 'not bad'.

Let me know what you think.