Shooting the moon!

[ogre1231]

After not being home for a while and finally having a semi clear night and the moon out.... I finally got something better than I had. so here it is.



Tonight is looking like it will be a better night. Crossing my fingers.

[Fellipe de Paula]

Is seems way out of focus... But the overall exposure is quite good!

[ogre1231]

Thanks, I'm half way there. Just gotta walk it in a bit more. Good thing practice makes perfect. Or at least getting better.

[Bubble]

Originally Posted by ogre1231

Thanks, I'm half way there. Just gotta walk it in a bit more. Good thing practice makes perfect. Or at least getting better.

keep shooting. Almost there.

[yonni]

I sure hope Romy weighs in on this thread. His moon shots are to die for.

[Kronie]

Originally Posted by yonni

I sure hope Romy weighs in on this thread. His moon shots are to die for.

I agree. Here is my humble effort. Heavy cropping. Someday I want to get a telescope just to shoot the moon.

[liquidstone]

Originally Posted by yonni

I sure hope Romy weighs in on this thread. His moon shots are to die for.

Lol...... here's one from an "overclocked" Sigma 18-200 OS.

[Johnny9s]

Here is my first moon shot from when I received my new telescope. Looking forward to the moons return.



John

[cL0d]

WOW!

[funhouse69]

Be careful I also got the Moon Bug recently and I've gotten some very nice results with my Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS. I believe the last one might have also had a Kenko 1.4 TC on it as well. Since then I bought a new Sigma 150-500mm Lens but was disappointed with the results so it is on its way back. I was thinking about the Canon 400mm f/5.6L but might go completely insane next year and get the 500mm f/4L IS. Then again for that much money I am sure I could buy a very sweet telescope setup.

I've found that there is no real set value as you can see below. You have to mess with the exposure but you can get a base from here. I didn't even realize until I went through these that they were all shot around the same shutter speed and within a stop or so of each other. So you can use these as a baseline.

These were all shot RAW (All I shoot) and processed with DPP, each one had sharpening added and may have adjusted the exposure a tad (usually no more than a half a stop either way).

Here are a couple of my favorites I've taken over the last few weeks. The first few believe it or not were taken Hand Held, The reminder are taken on a Tripod, with Mirror Lockup and a Remote Release.

1. ISO 200, f/8.0 @ 1/160th

2. ISO 100, f/6.3 @ 1/160th

3. ISO 200, f/7.1 @ 1/160th

4. ISO 100, f/7.1 @ 1/100th

[Rum Maximus]

How's this?

ISO 200 f/8.0 @ 1/400th using a Canon 400mm on an XSI.

[dan j]

Thanks to this thread I finally have a moon shot I'm happy with. Unfortunately, the best one was shot with RAW and I can't get it posted. This one is a JPEG.

I followed the moonie rule but f11 was too dark, f8 seemed to be better. This shot was taken with my P.O.S. Ambico tripods legs collapsed and the head lowered. Since I couldn't see the image without laying down I used Live View through my computer to focus manually.

It's not an incredible shot, but I was ready to give up until now. All of my previous photos were blurry and I couldn't figure out why. Obviously the tripod was a major issue.

Anyway, thanks for posting the sunny16rule and the moonie rule.

dan

[syndicate1]

First attempt at moon shot, using a canon dslr xsi, shot @ 250mm, f.8, iso 100, hand held

5.00pm Friday Dec 17th 2010

[InfiniteGrim]

I've been trying for the last few nights. My best so far...





Using my T1i with the 55-250 @ 250mm
I believe they are both
F/11
1/60 or 1/80
ISO 100

[hollis_f]

Originally Posted by InfiniteGrim

Using my T1i with the 55-250 @ 250mm
I believe they are both
F/11
1/60 or 1/80
ISO 100

Looking good. I'd drop down to f/8 and up to ISO to 200. Then you can use 1/250 for the shutter speed to minimise vibration effects.