First moon shot!

jmtonkin · Oct 14, 2011

I was bored this morning (1:00 a.m.) and couldn't sleep, so remembering that it was close to a full moon, I decided to give it a shot. I stepped outside, fired off 5 pictures, came back in and had this one. This was shot handheld and the moon isn't as sharp as I'd like it to be, but let me know what you think!

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baturn · Oct 14, 2011

Really? Are there any mods around?

889Media · Oct 14, 2011

Nice to see some serious posts from broken minds!

But to get OT; The picture is as you said not as sharp as it could be, but shot handheld it is not that bad. There have been some shots of the moon here the last couple of days, and some of them are better than yours. Think that taking a shot of the moon just to take a shot is a bit waste of time, but if you do it to learn a bit about what settings that work and not, then it's OK. I think your settings seems to be quite good, so just the tripod that is missing! Also maybe think about trying to make your picture stand out a bit from the rest, by framing the moon in some way. The moon is the moon, and people have seen great shots of the moon before.

Compaq · Oct 14, 2011

:???:

barfastic · Oct 14, 2011

wtf is up with this guy.... Noone can mod this!?

90AWDSM · Oct 14, 2011

WHOA!!! WTF!

889Media · Oct 14, 2011

Messed up mind... when you can see a picture of the moon - and all you can think about is nails through your penis ^^

ghache · Oct 14, 2011

omg hahaha i loled!!! ****ed up pictures. not the right place of course.

Omofo · Oct 14, 2011

There goes my breakfast, time for a new keyboard.

jmtonkin · Oct 14, 2011

Glad to see that that's been cleared up. Anyone else have anything as far as C&C?

889Media said:
Nice to see some serious posts from broken minds!

But to get OT; The picture is as you said not as sharp as it could be, but shot handheld it is not that bad. There have been some shots of the moon here the last couple of days, and some of them are better than yours. Think that taking a shot of the moon just to take a shot is a bit waste of time, but if you do it to learn a bit about what settings that work and not, then it's OK. I think your settings seems to be quite good, so just the tripod that is missing! Also maybe think about trying to make your picture stand out a bit from the rest, by framing the moon in some way. The moon is the moon, and people have seen great shots of the moon before.

I see your point about it not being the most interesting shot in the world. This was mainly an experiment to figure out the settings. I think I got them pretty close. I definitely need a tripod. VERY BADLY. All said and done, next time, now that I know the proper settings, I will work more on making a much more interesting shot. Thanks for your input!