The Moon

[Giant]

Well, this was my first shot of the moon, and when I say my first shot I literally mean my first shot. I took a whole bunch at different settings, and this first shot was my best one in my opinion.

The settings were:

Nikon D70 (Please dont flame me...!)
Sigma 170-500mm APO
F11
1/50
Focal length 500mm

and manual focus.

http://www.maikebrian.com/images/The Moon III.jpg

[RbnDave]

This is a Canon forum only!!! No Nikon and Sigma allowed!!!

I'm just kidding. Nice moon photo. I see you took this picture in South Korea. It was a clear night here in the southeastern USA and I saw the same moon while out jogging last night. I thought about setting up my camera and tripod, but I got busy and forgot. Glad you got this picture of the same object only taken from the other side of the planet.

[Giant]

Whew, I thouhgt I was in trouble there!! ;)

Well, here is one that is not at all altered from tonight. I took it about an hour ago.

ISO 1600
F18
1/100


http://www.maikebrian.com/images/The Moon IV.jpg

[Tharaka]

Nice pics :)

What was the ISO on the first photo?

[Giant]

It was ISO 1100, here is the actual original file.

http://www.maikebrian.com/images/moon_original.jpg

[Giant]

Here is another shot from tonight,

ISO 400
F 6.3
1/100

I just sharpened the image. Otherwise no altering.

http://www.maikebrian.com/images/The Moon V.jpg

[Giant]

I thought I would keep it fresh! From tonight a new shot!!

ISO 250
F11
1/50

The only post processing I did was to sharpen the image.

http://www.maikebrian.com/images/The_Moon_VI.jpg

[lomond]

I'm new to this sort of photography also ( i.e. no expert ) but I think you did a fine job on the last shot.

P.S. I see the Canon Powershot A80 is in your gear list, so you haven't gone over to the dark side completely. ;)

Cameron

[Giant]

hahaha, yes I love my A80.

Thanks for the comment. I just wish the D70 had a ISO 100 setting. It only goes down to ISO 200.