This one was manipulated in Photoshop to simulate depth of field.

It's hard to hold the camera steady when shooting through a high magnification lens.  This caused the blurring in this photo.  I still like the lighting and 'creepy' feeling in this one in spite of its technical short comings.

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This one is a bit under exposed but still shows some interesting detail.

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All of these photos were made by shooting my Nikon CoolPix 2000 (basic point and shoot digital camera)   through the lens of my Celestron 10" reflector telescope.  Photos were taken the evening of April 10th, 2005,  from a backyard in Illinois.

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