Moon Shots C&C Welcome

[drakeman]

All with my sigma 70-200 2.8. All at ISO 400.
I was really just messing around with the settings, any input on what I should do would be helpful.

1.
f/11, 1/200

2.
f/6.3, 2.5 sec

3.
f/9, 1.6 sec

4.
f/9, 4 sec

This was the actual color i was getting.

5.
f/11, 5 sec

 

[drakeman]

Anyone?

 

[LaFoto]

The mysterious feeling of Photo 3 is quite appealing!
The first is good. The moon ...
But 3 is special with the clouds and twigs and light and dark areas...
The conversions are good, as the orange colour looks kind of "wrong", doesn't it? You'd expect some silvery-bluish light, wouldn't you?

 

[Torus34]

I should think that the most valuable contribution of the posting of your photographs is to inspire others to try their hands at this lesser-known house within the mansion of photography.

In particular, your pictures point out, quite clearly, the importance of choosing those nights when clouds can contribute to the interest of a picture. The specific choice of a foreground element, and whether it is merely a silhouette or exposed to bring out some detail, is also a major compositional element.

The exposure information will be a great aid, also.

On color: under dim light, the photoreceptors in our eyes which are color-sensitive 'fire' far less than the 'b&w' receptors. Color really doesn't register with us at low light levels -- such as in objects seen by moonlight.

Refracted light, though, is something else again. We can see real colors in a moonbow. And, btw, there are two distinctly different sizes of rings around the moon. Should you catch a chance to see one, do note that the sky inside the ring appears darker than the rest of the sky.

 

[Betty1978]

The picture is so nice but I am not able to correct your problem.

 

[drakeman]

Okay, thank you for the comments and especially for the explanation of the moon light.
Does any one else have any more info on the settings I was using? I was just wondering if I should focus using on a shorter shutter speed with a wide open aperture, or the opposite. This was my first time shooting any night shots so I was wanting to know if these were the usual to use. I found it did not make that much difference until I got to wide open.
Thanks in advance,
Elliot

Edit: Also, should I have been shooting at ISO 200?

 

[astrostu]

If you want information on how to shoot the moon take a look at my lunar photography guide.