I’ve taken quite a few photos of the moon over the past few years but this has always been at night.

During the afternoon on my way back from town a few days ago I noticed the moon in the blue sky, so decided to try a few shots. I set up the tripod in the back garden & put the Sigma 50-500mm on the camera with a Sigma 1.4x converter. This gives you a maximum focal length of 700mm but you do lose a stop of light. You also lose auto-focus, but I’ve found auto-focus on moon shots can be problematic so usually manually focus anyway.

Also, the extra reach on the lens magnifies any movement. Once you have the moon focused it’s important to take your hands off the camera completely (& tripod & camera strap) & let the movement settle down before pressing the remote shutter release.