Shooting the moon? (lunar eclipse tonight)

[Robukincan]

Any recommendations?
Multiple exposures ... Tripod ...
f/8?
What about White Balance - get a manual white balance?

Thanks all..

[SuzyView]

You need to have a tripod and I tried shooting f8 last time and it was too bright still. If you can't shoot RAW anyway, just adjust the WB later. I'm going to try shooting it tonight if the sky is clear, but I have never had anything longer than the 70-200. Afraid the moon is going to be very small.

[JustShootin']

With the right lens, shooting the moon is very easy. After all, you're shooting something that's lit well by the sun. So the sunny 16 rule will work. My S2 with it's Canon 1.5 X teleconverter lens will handle the moon very well. Trouble is, here in "the sunshine state", heavy clowd cover is expected tonight!:confused:

[praetor2004]

Hey! I have a S2 IS and tripod, what is your configuration for take moon shoots? I´m going to be in a mountain near to my city and weather will be clear and not cloudy, please, can you give some indications? Thanks

[JustShootin']

While not shot during an eclipse, this a shot I got some weeks back of a half moon. Tripod mounted S2 with Iso setting at 50, shutter speed was also 1/50, Aperture was 5.6. Spot metering was used with self timer set for 2 seconds. This was made before I got my teleconverter so some cropping was done with a photo editor. I think this worked just fine, but there are other settings that will work just as well.

[JustShootin']

BTW, resolution was set at high, and compression was super fine.

[Robukincan]

im hoping these clouds will go away within the next 4 hours!

[JustShootin']

im hoping these clouds will go away within the next 4 hours!

Yeah, me too. Normally this time of year we are clear 24 and 7. But not today or tonight. Noooo, it's overcast, with some light rain forcasted.

[Robukincan]

argh ... cloudcover - I can see tints of orange through the breaks in the cloud :(

[odvdveer]

Clouds here as well :( Remember, when in full eclipse the moon is very dark, so you'll need longer shutter times. I had one lousy shot after a load of underexposed black shots.

Olga

[BBoi]

I took one at f8 with 16x zoom (digital), MF, ISO 80 and 1/50 using ND4, CPL & UV filters. Without them the glare was way too much. The results are far from spectacular, but for a first attempt i'm fairly pleased.

I created this thread to see if I could get a better telephoto using optical.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=284943
Advice there would be GREAT.

http://img.waffleimages.com/ec460e5f6b34bc72d69c0e579cbf810dbc605c0e/IMG_0716b.jpg

[butterflygirl_5b]

ok well i may not have gotten the best shot!!! new to all this ....but tried to follow some advise i had read on here. i have no clue as to half the things my camrea can do. I have an S2 I2 ..no add on lens just what came with it.
at full zoom 1/50 and f 3.5 here are 2 of my shots. if anyone has taking the time to put together a detailed list of settings for taking pix of different things ...that would sure help me. aprillee69@hotmail.com

[BBoi]

Hello Butterflygirl, welcome to the board.. love the etherial glow on the 2nd one, very spooky indeed :)

[butterflygirl_5b]

BBOI ......hey thanks alot ....i am not sure the meaning of ethrail ....but am off to look it up!!!

[praetor2004]

Hi Guys...

Well, here is one of my fews shots to the moon... I need to read more about Digital Photography, i know, but i have only 2 months with my new camera (S2 IS) and i´m very busy in these weeks...

Specs: Full zoom 1/60 and f 3.5, ISO 50.

Some comments or help for to improve this type of pics will be appreciated. :D

[MaxZoom]

For those who missed it - in Ireland we had a clear cold night for the first time in weeks.
I ran off about 200 shots here is just one good one and one to show 15 seconds gives "motion blur".:)
Camera was Powershot S3 on a tripod, MF on infinity, daylight WB, at f/3.5 and x12 zoom.

A 2 sec exposure for #1 100% crop and underexposed to give a more realistic view, there are 2 stars clearly visable and more if you look real close.
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and 15sec at ISO800 for #2. Note how the stars have "moved" a different amount to the moon.
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[Robukincan]

nice pics! Didn't realize the world moves so quickly :)

[ba15ck]

I am by no means an authority here but...comparing butterflygirl's first two shots of the moon and praetor's pic.--here are some things to consider--the glow is essentially caused by either not letting enough light in, or your meter setting--I suggest spot metering with the moon--I assume that praetor used spot metering--the moon in that shot it bright (maybe a little too bright at the bottom), but the background is a nice solid black. Because the moon is a bright source of light at night, the sunny 16 rule works the best when shotting it--I suggest looking up that rule, and employing it next time you shot the moon

[Jon]

Just remember that when you're shooting a total eclipse of the moon is about the only time stright appliction of "sunny 16" won't work. By definition, you need to treat it as if it were in deep shade then (as it's in the Earth's shadow).

[BBoi]

About to buy a 5x monoscope so I can better shots without resorting to digital zoom. Wish me luck... it's a 49mm thread.

[shyamvs]

I have missed the eclipse this time but took shots of the lunar eclipse last
time during september 2006
I took this (attached shots) with my canon s2 IS default lens.
The first one is 1/250 shutter speed, f8.0, focal length 72 mm,ISO settings Auto.
The second one is also with the same settings, but higher resolution.

[shyamvs]

Also from a NGC photographer article I read that as moon is a brightly lit
object we should use fast shutter speeds for good clarity

[Jon]

Also from a NGC photographer article I read that as moon is a brightly lit
object we should use fast shutter speeds for good clarity
That's much less possible during an eclipse. Once the Moon gets fully into the Earth's penumbra, the light level falls off rapidly. But when it's not in eclipse, the nominal exposure is 1/ISO at f/16 for the sunlit portion. During totality, it's pretty much only lit by Earthshine, so it's almost as bad as trying to shoot a new Moon.