The Moon I Always Wanted

[Darkhunter139]

This moon was taken using Canon 55-250mm at 250mm with manual focus. It's actually a pretty good lens (image is 100% crop).

Hmm....way to over processed.:er:

Maybe but I still think it looks pretty cool :thumbup:

 

[arcooke]

For good inexpensive legs, I HIGHLY recommend these:
Slik 700DX Pro Tripod Legs (Black) 615-317 B&H Photo Video

Those are what I ended up buying after EXTENSIVE research and they are extremely well made and sturdy. Took me about a week to pick out legs with the best price/quality/payload ratio. They're a little on the heavy side (7lbs for legs only), but I happen to think that's a good thing.

The specs on B&H are wrong as far as payload goes. I contacted Slik and the latest measurements from Japan rate these legs to 18lbs.

It's always good to get legs and a head that support more weight than you need. Pick up a quality head and you're good to go for around $200.

I bought this one (20lb payload): Giottos MH-1301 Pro Series II Ballhead with MH1301-300C B&H

 

[allendehl]

Hey guys...am I the only one not seen flickr pics?? I just see a white box and "This photo is currently unavailable".

 

[arcooke]

Hey guys...am I the only one not seen flickr pics?? I just see a white box and "This photo is currently unavailable".

It's coming up fine for me. And I just CTRL-F5'd to refresh the cache. It's something on your end.

 

[AprilEye]

Hey guys...am I the only one not seen flickr pics?? I just see a white box and "This photo is currently unavailable".

Nope I dont see it either

 

[Vinny]

The exif data is not coming up on my computer. You're getting a lot of good advice. I forgot to mention as someone else did to use either the self timer or a remote. Use the lowest ISO to get no grain, fstop has been mentioned, shutter speed depends on f stop and ISO.

As far as a tripod I've been looking around for one, I personally don't want to spend $200 for one but have looking in the $60-80 range and looking at the reviews at B&H and Amazon and found a few that the users claim are pretty good.

It's a good start.

Do you have a tripod? Using one would help to steady the camera and helps in getting sharper images during longer exposures. Don't know what ISO you used but if you used 100 or 200 you might have had the shutter opened for a longish time. Sharp photo = 1/focal length.

What type of metering did you use? You can try spot metering with the spot on the moon itself.

With something like the moon I wouldn't use the rule of thirds unless there was something else in the photo. Just stick the moon in the center, meter it and snap the photo.

If you're interested in craters then wait until the moon isn't full for the light to be at an angle (learned that here!).

I don't have a tripod but by this weekend I will! Also, if you go to this link you will be able to see all the shooting info. Exif | My Moon | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
If you look at it, can you tell me what you would do differently? I had it in the center and then changes it... but now I know its okay to keep it in the center. thanks!!

 

[AprilEye]

SHOOTING INFO:
Model:Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Shutter Speed:1/99 second
Aperture:F/16.0
Focal Length:250 mm
ISO Speed:100
Date Taken:Oct 23, 2010
Lens:EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Sensor Size:9mm
Manual Mode

 

[Vinny]

Other than hand holding the camera and using 250mm on 1/99 sec everything looks OK - might have been better on a tripod. The photo does look a little overexposed but not too bad; if you didn't shoot it in Raw, try that. Back in the days of film we would bracket the shot by + and - 1 or 2 ... you could try that as well or fix it through RAW exposure control.

To get a larger moon in the field, crop it a little more.

 

[doomhart]

OMG. We have the exact same camera and pair of lenses! Did you get them from Best Buy? hahahah marry me! jk jk

Thanks to this thread i now know how to take a pic of the moon! Ill post them when i get a chance to.

 

[allendehl]

Hi moon-shutters!

I just had a nice moon in my bedroom window and could't get any decent shut. My main struggle was trying to decide where to measure the exposure on. Moon being bright white and the sky being black..hum..
Also..I'm getting a "red-ish" tone all the time.

 

[AprilEye]

OMG. We have the exact same camera and pair of lenses! Did you get them from Best Buy? hahahah marry me! jk jk

Thanks to this thread i now know how to take a pic of the moon! Ill post them when i get a chance to.

ha! ha! no... got them at Frys.

 

[Vinny]

Put the camera in spot metering mode, make sure the spot is in the center, put the moon in the center, adjust aperture (use f8 or f11) and shutter speed to get the correct exposure and it should come out good. Take a couple more by bracketing down (raise shutter speed) to make sure you have a great shot (can also do that if you shoot in RAW and adjust after but always better to do it as you take the photo). As far as the redish color, I can only think that youe white balance is off or your monitor is off.

Hi moon-shutters!

I just had a nice moon in my bedroom window and could't get any decent shut. My main struggle was trying to decide where to measure the exposure on. Moon being bright white and the sky being black..hum..
Also..I'm getting a "red-ish" tone all the time.

 

[allendehl]

Put the camera in spot metering mode, make sure the spot is in the center, put the moon in the center, adjust aperture (use f8 or f11) and shutter speed to get the correct exposure and it should come out good. Take a couple more by bracketing down (raise shutter speed) to make sure you have a great shot (can also do that if you shoot in RAW and adjust after but always better to do it as you take the photo). As far as the redish color, I can only think that youe white balance is off or your monitor is off.

Thanks Vinny,

I thought about the white balance. What setting should I use? I'd think as the moon is natural light I should use Daylight, am I right?

 

[Vinny]

My camera is always in auto and if need be I adjust it at my computer. But I'm new to digital (not new to photography though) and the world of Photoshopping!