[TimT]

Dave, here in NY the moon is at 12 o'clock now I took that pic at 10:30 or so and had the camera pointed straight up..

If I'm not describing this correctly.. when I went outside with my camera.. I had to look straight up to see the moon.

I used Sigma 70-300 at 300mm 400ISO f16 125/sec

And my tripod is pos that I usually mount my lap timer on... I know I need something more substantial

My cam doesn't have IS.... its a Pentax istD

funny now that I am looking at the pic again the south pole is in focus..