Moon

[bvjgcigh]

Thanks again guys. I tried taking another photo, this time using a tripod- but my cheap old tripod was just as shaky anyways when pressing the shutter. Oh well, at least it was a full moon.

 

[TCampbell]

Thanks again guys. I tried taking another photo, this time using a tripod- but my cheap old tripod was just as shaky anyways when pressing the shutter. Oh well, at least it was a full moon.
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Hang a weight on the center of the tripod ... also don't extend the legs (or extend them as little as possible.) That will help make the legs more rigid and will help make the tripod less shaky.

You didn't include any EXIF data, but I can see some green and red noise -- so I'm guessing you used a fairly high ISO, which isn't really necessary when photographing the moon.

 

[Joves]

As Tim said for the tripod. Also if your camera has it use mirror lock up, or your self timer to shoot. That way your can click and let the camera stabilize before it exposes. Set the self timer to 1 second and you will be good to go, if it does not have mirror lock up. Last photo I have with the moon in it was when the comet was here earlier this year.

 

[bvjgcigh]

I have much grain because my lens is only 300mm and I had to crop it a lot. Thanks for the useful tripod advice. Also, I'm pretty sure I shot at 100 ISO.

 

[Michael79]

I think your shot look pretty good, if you wanted to increase you zoom but are left with a budget, you should check into a 2X teleconverter.

 

[CaptainNapalm]

Thanks again guys. I tried taking another photo, this time using a tripod- but my cheap old tripod was just as shaky anyways when pressing the shutter. Oh well, at least it was a full moon.
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Looks good. You can reduce the camera shake on a tripod by using a remote shutter release. They are dirt cheap and very useful.

 

[TCampbell]

I think your shot look pretty good, if you wanted to increase you zoom but are left with a budget, you should check into a 2X teleconverter.

Keep in mind that while a 2x teleconverter doubles the focal length, it also doubles the focal ratio. If a person had a 300mm f/2.8 lens, it'd turn it into a 600mm f/5.6 -- which is fine. But if a person had, say, a 100-300mm f/4-5.6 zoom (I made that lens up) then they'd be at f/5.6 on the 300mm end of the lens. The 2x teleconverter would turn that into a 600mm f/11 lens. At f/11 you'd have to use live-view to focus or focus manually (because the standard phase detect AF wont work at f/11 ... a _few_ cameras can still auto-focus at f/8... but not at f/11.)

A 1.4x teleconverter is more popular because it can be used with more lens/body combinations.

Also, you alway sacrifice a tiny bit of image quality when you use a teleconverter.

 

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[bvjgcigh]

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[bvjgcigh]

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[HerkFE]

As Tim said for the tripod. Also if your camera has it use mirror lock up, or your self timer to shoot. That way your can click and let the camera stabilize before it exposes. Set the self timer to 1 second and you will be good to go, if it does not have mirror lock up. Last photo I have with the moon in it was when the comet was here earlier this year.

Is that a comet or meteor you captured in frame?