Frustrating moon shots!

[nikoliB]

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happy to see this thread

this is one of my 1st try on the moon. it is cropped of-course

 

[Romphotog]

well, perhaps you should provide a link to moon shots you want yours to resemble. What you have is indeed a white blob. But what specifically were you shooting for? Highly detailed shots like in planetariums taken with 500m telescopes or by The Hubble?

The Moon acts like a mirror. Any 5th grader knows that. Thus, you are simply taking shots of a bright object. You need to use f/6.3 ISO100 1/320 maybe even 1/500.
I got a tripod for $10 from B&H BTW.

 

[Romphotog]

Amazing how it looks identical in Ohio as it does in Arizona, I understand why I just think it's neat.

Really!?
How about we compare moon shots taken on east coast(NYC, Philly, Boston) to those taken on west coast(LA, Seattle, etc.)

Wouldnt west coasters see the backside of the Moon, while east coasters will see the front(smily face)? Ifcourse, there is no such thing as front and back or up or down of any planet. But we always do think of Britain as on top of the map and Australia below.

 

[Romphotog]

well, perhaps you should provide a link to moon shots you want yours to resemble.

ok, I guess not.

 

[reznap]

Amazing how it looks identical in Ohio as it does in Arizona, I understand why I just think it's neat.

Really!?
How about we compare moon shots taken on east coast(NYC, Philly, Boston) to those taken on west coast(LA, Seattle, etc.)

Wouldnt west coasters see the backside of the Moon, while east coasters will see the front(smily face)? Ifcourse, there is no such thing as front and back or up or down of any planet. But we always do think of Britain as on top of the map and Australia below.

No, from what I can remember, our moon rotates but always has the same surface facing the earth. I don't know exactly why but it's pretty cool.

 

[DerekSalem]

These are my 2 latest

 

[Dominantly]

I got this one of an Eclipse with my point and shoot.

Didn't own (or plan on owning) a DSLR at the time.

 

[fokker]

I'll play too:

 

[Dominantly]

Nice shots! Crazy detail

 

[HikinMike]

Went out to photograph sunset and it didn't pan out. I started packing up and turned around to see the moon being partly obscured by clouds and fog....

 

[Alan92RTTT]

Shooting the moon with no Tripod ?

It can be done.

I think this was my old olympus C2100 point and shoot.

I've done a few with my D5000 but don't seem to have them on line anywhere.

 

[DerekSalem]

I'll play too:

Unbelievable detail...what lens and settings were you using?

 

[DerekSalem]

Shooting the moon with no Tripod ?

It's really not necessary to use a tripod when shooting the moon. It can help, but it's honestly not necessary at all.

If you're using f/11 and ISO100 (which most people use) you'll usually need 1/40 or 1/60 shutter speed (@200mm). With an IS lens those shots are easily done with handholding. Heck, enlarge the aperture a bit and you can shoot at 1/200 or faster.

 

[Alan92RTTT]

Some cropped pics from my D5000 focus is a bit soft on both of these.

Camera: Nikon D5000
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: +2 EV

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: -2 EV

 

[myfotoguy]

PerfectlyFlawed- Your shot did show improvement. Did you get the 70-300 back yet (in another thread you said you loaned it out). I'm looking forward to seeing your results with that lens.


One of mine. I'm anxious to get a shot before or after full moon when there is more detail (craters) and such.

1/640 @ f/5.6, ISO 200, 280mm (using 70-200 w/1.4TC ), Spot Meter -1.33EV, Cropped to somewhere around 1/3 or 1/2 of original photo size.