Submitted by Ric Rosow
I took this photo this morning (February 2) at 7:30am, two minutes before sunrise. The full moon was yesterday and you probably remember that the sky was cloudy in Minneapolis all day, and it was snowing in the morning when the moon was moving across the sky to set below the horizon. So I was pleasantly surprised to see the moon high in the sky over downtown when I went to our exercise room in the condo for my morning routine. I cut that short and went out on our community deck. This image was taken toward the end of the photo shoot. For the previous hour I had been using my camera for all the shots before, and after this one as the moon descended and eventually went out of view behind this building. The lights on the Gold Medal Flour sign had been on until about 7:25am. I am always very pleased when I can capture a photo of the moon balancing on top of a building. Not only does the moon rise and set in a different location every day of the year, but the weather frequently interferes with getting a good image, like yesterday’s weather.
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Recently I’ve been experimenting with comparing the quality of the iPhone photos to the photos taken with the camera. The iPhone that I have can taken photos that are 48 MB in size. My camera weighs in at 45 MB in size. For posting on social media I don’t think the difference in quality of the image is noticeable because the image is at a very reduced size and never shown at its full 100% dimensions. But for any photo that I want to print the camera does a better job, primarily because I think the lens is much better on the camera. On the iPhone, when the image is printed at 300 DPI and at its full size – which is about 26.8 x 20.1 – I have found distortions in some areas of the image, especially closer to the edge. You don’t necessarily see those distortions in a photo posted on social media.
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Kim Eslinger
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