Full Moon, Textured!

cgipson1 · Mar 28, 2013

ya think?

MSnowy · Mar 28, 2013

Hey here's my best moon shot I got the "Man in the Moon"

ceeboy14 · Mar 28, 2013

Waning Moon shot tonight at 11:20 CST, southern part of the US. F:/10 1/160th, ISO 100 Nikon D7000, 70-200 2.8 with 1.7 teleconverter @300mm.

Close Up

Ashtun · Mar 29, 2013

These photos look a lot like mine, it's like we are all shooting the same moon.. weird

Benco · Mar 29, 2013

Ashtun said:
These photos look a lot like mine, it's like we are all shooting the same moon.. weird

I reckon my moonshot is the only one that's like yours Ashtun, everyone elses is upside down. :cheers:

Buckster · Mar 29, 2013

ceeboy14 · Mar 29, 2013

Ashtun said:
These photos look a lot like mine, it's like we are all shooting the same moon.. weird

It is indeed strange because I happen to own this one and now am wondering why you are trespassing on my part of space. This is not good as I see there are many such trespasses in your area. The nerve of you guys down there, the absolute stunning nerve! You shall be hearing from my Barrister shortly.

DGMPhotography · Mar 31, 2013

Hey all!!

Took me a little while, but I got a hold of my friends 300mm and took this photo! What do you think?

Thanks!

Light Guru · Mar 31, 2013

DGMPhotography said:
Hey all!!

Took me a little while, but I got a hold of my friends 300mm and took this photo! What do you think?

View attachment 40745

Thanks!

It's out of focus.

TATTRAT · Mar 31, 2013

480sparky · Mar 31, 2013

To put this into perspective, let's do a bit of maths.

The moon is, on average, 31.7 arcminutes in diameter. That's about 1/2 of a degree, and there's 180 degrees from one horizon to the opposite one.

A 300mm lens, even on a crop sensor DSLR, has a field of view of 5°. That's 10 times the angular diameter of the moon. So the moon will only be 1/10th the size of the sensor. Shooting full frame just compounds this problem by the crop factor of the camera system.

Or, to put it another way, take a quarter. Anyone want to guess how far that quarter needs to be from your eye to match the 31.7 arcminutes the moon is?

cgipson1 · Mar 31, 2013

DGMPhotography said:
Hey all!!

Took me a little while, but I got a hold of my friends 300mm and took this photo! What do you think?

View attachment 40745

Thanks!

Cool.. that shot I posted above.. is at 300mm also! With a big crop!

DGMPhotography · Apr 1, 2013

Yeah... I was wondering how you got it to look so good with such a major crop. Cause I cropped this and it just looked bad

I guess if I was out of focus that would be why. I took a lot, and this was the most in focus I could get.

Benco · Apr 1, 2013

DGMPhotography said:
Yeah... I was wondering how you got it to look so good with such a major crop. Cause I cropped this and it just looked bad I guess if I was out of focus that would be why. I took a lot, and this was the most in focus I could get.

Try it on manual focus, set to infinity.