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trippinbillies40
22nd of June 2005 (Wed), 21:49
Here was the moon shot I gave you, and asked for advice on how to fix it up:

http://home.cinci.rr.com/davidstaco/moon%20blur%201.jpg

And this is what I took tonight:

http://home.cinci.rr.com/davidstaco/moon%20winner.jpg


Thanks so much for the help guys! I think my biggest problem was that I was taking the pictures right as the moon was coming up, and it wasn't very bright yet. That, coupled with an ISO100 setting and f/22 was making for a very long (relatively speaking) exposure time. The shot above was shot on ISO200 at 1/400th. Looks MUCH better IMO, and I don't know if I can do better than that or not!
jfrancho
22nd of June 2005 (Wed), 21:53
Beautiful. And I hate moon shots. That took a lot for me say...
Nice job. Here is a link to mine, if you're interested:http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=80688
MTalley
22nd of June 2005 (Wed), 22:34
What kind of shutter speeds were you getting the first night out? I was shooting last night when the moon was somewhat low in the sky and was in the 1/8 to 1/15 second range at f/22, ISO-100.
KevC
22nd of June 2005 (Wed), 22:43
What kind of shutter speeds were you getting the first night out? I was shooting last night when the moon was somewhat low in the sky and was in the 1/8 to 1/15 second range at f/22, ISO-100.

Ya need to bump the ISO up. Maybe to 800, at least 400. 1/8 to 1/15 is much too slow to shoot the moon with. Remember, the moon's moving! And at that focal length to get a big'ish moon, I'd find it difficult to shoot handheld. Tripod?
trippinbillies40
22nd of June 2005 (Wed), 22:52
I could get decent shots of the moon at 300mm with anything faster than 1/80. I kept ISO at 200.
jfrancho
22nd of June 2005 (Wed), 23:01
Ya need to bump the ISO up. Maybe to 800, at least 400. 1/8 to 1/15 is much too slow to shoot the moon with. Remember, the moon's moving! And at that focal length to get a big'ish moon, I'd find it difficult to shoot handheld. Tripod?Maybe it's a panning moonsot. Seriously, I'd more concerned with the aperture setting of f/22. Since the subject is at such a great length, the DOF is infinite. All that stopping down is doing is eating up shutter. Although, I don't think the moon is moving fast enough to cause blur in 1/15 second. I just went out and metered in ISO 100 and f/8 and got 1/80 second, using AE lock (partial metering). Plenty fine for a tripod shot using remote or timer.