On Shooting the Moon.
Now, just to be clear, I am not a professional photographer. Not by any stretch!
I do know some things about getting pretty good moon photos, so since there's some interest in that, here are my ideas:
You will need:
1. A real camera, not a phone. (digital single lens reflex type)
2. A big zoom lens. I use a Tamron 18 mm to 400 mm.
3. A tripod. Really helps keep the camera steady so there's no blur in your photo!
4. A cable release cord, also to keep the camera from shaking.
5. Practice, practice, practice!
Here's a couple of my moon photos to hopefully inspire you:
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That's why I posted them. They don't always turn out this well.
Usually they do.
I've never heard of DarkRoom. I hope it works out for you. 
use them as a tax write-off. My first Photoshop was either 3 or 4. The last one that was sharable was 7. That was many many years ago. 
But I wanted the larger reach too, damn it! 
And I do not like changing lenses. I always think I'll drop it, or something will get in the camera or etc.
And the heaviness is an issue too. I have taken some hand-held photos of the moon when there wasn't time to get the tripod set up. and it's always just a tiny bit blurry. I need better software and knowing how to shoot in RAW.
Solar eclipses are worth whatever you can do to see and photograph them!
Here's my best solar eclipse photo, Aug. 2017:
I keep hoping that Sigma will come out with a 18-400 (or better) lens and I can offload the Tamron. I am thinking of upgrading to the Sigma 150 to 600mm but haven't taken the plunge on that one yet, perhaps next year when the sales are going on in the Spring. This year I went with a new Sigma 105mm Macro and have been fiddling with that when I can.
I haven't gotten into shooting RAW either and I'm not one to spend time in front of the computer fixing images. I want to get it in the camera. 
I do want to learn how to shoot in RAW. I love tinkering around with the photos once they're in the computer.
I guess you could say I WANT IT ALL!
Do Sigma lenses work on Nikon cameras? Or do they make one just for Nikon? The way Tamron does.
Nikon and their own Sigma cameras. I have been happy with the ones I have had thus far.
I have so much fun taking these photos!
Hope you'll post your photos when you get back to it.
a full moon is the most uninteresting one to photograph. A half or quarter moon phase will show the craters and shadows. Much more interesting.
In fact, if you look at my photos in this thread, none are full moons.
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I can coach you over the phone if you like. Let me know which free ware you choose, I'll download the same one and we can walk through the steps together. As for using the flash, just set your camera to manual, dial in the exposure you normally use and let the flash do it's thing. To quote Dear Leader, "What do you have to lose?"
I would be very happy to talk to you.
I'll PM you for the details.
it "can" be even easier than that.
Expose for the moon, which CP has down pat. Then just pop flashes on a couple of dozen frames with the flash at different powers until the desired effect is achieved. This is so easy now with the back screens on every digital cameras and even easier with mirrorless cameras, which I use exclusively now.
Push the button that says 'HDR' and then the shutter release. Camera makes 3 bracketed exposures and combines them in-camera. Voila! The mkii still needs a tripod, but the newer ones can be hand held.
Can do the same with focus stacking, up to 15 images combined in camera and hand held.
But now I'm just braggin' 
