Experimenting Shooting Lunar Craters In Changing Light

I'm always impressed with how apparent the shadows are on some craters on the moon, and had an idea that I'd like to photograph the same crater a few days in a row to see how the shadows change. I always photograph the whole moon to see the lit portion grow and shrink, but I've never locked onto a single object to watch angle of the sun change.

Unfortunately this month weather screwed up my plans so I only got 2 good days in a row, but it was good practice for a better month!

First: A full shot of the moon, because it's always gorgeous

1/25 sec, ISO 400 - 11 photos stitched

Second: My computer isn't super powerful so I don't have much practice stacking large images, so I figured I'd practice on the Apollo-11 landing site. Results turned out really well!

1/50s, ISO 400 - 36 images stacked, sharpened with wavelets

Third: I only ended up with two good pictures of my chosen crater, so I made a video to show the difference. Hopefully next month I'll get 4-5 pictures so you'll see the direction of the sun direction changing.