First Moon shot, opinion?

Welcome to the forum, thats a great shot.

Dan

Looks darn good to me!

Thanks, a pat on the back never hurts.

You got it, AND amazingly, it isn't the typical full moon pic everyone tries at least once on their life. Kudos!

I've been trying to get a shot like this for a while....just couldn't make it happen. (I do have a tripod, but no remote). Maybe I should try the timer???

What are the specs of the photo..which camera, f-stop, iso, etc., etc.

Not a bad shot at all. I am still trying to perfect my moon shots

Very good for sure! I've captured the half moon but the full moon escapes me. It's either too bright or out of focus but I'll keep trying.

Yea I had that same problem the other night when there was a full moon.
I used my Tamron 70-300 and I used manual focus. I want all the way to the right of focus and it wouldnt get it. If it was able to turn like 1 or 2mm more it woulda got in focus. I couldnt figure out why. can anyone explain that to me

Pretty kool

What lens did you use? I took a photo of the moon a little while ago ( when it was full ) and the 100% crop from my 200mm lens looks about the same size as this.

Sorry about leaving out Spec!

Rebel XT
Sigma 70-300 @ 300mm
1/350 @ 6.7 ISO 400
Image Quality = fine
WB = Auto

Definately on a tripod. Since I didn't know what I was doing , I just took about 70 photos with various settings, a few came out nice.

Thanks. Digital is great!

I've lost count of the number of moon shots I've tried with the 70-300 Sigma. Very difficult to get right. I've never done one this good. well done

what were your camera settings?

All the info, copied from Canon Zoom Browser:


IMG_0014.JPG
Camera Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time
12/19/2005 9:25:04 PM
Shooting Mode
Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/350
Av( Aperture Value )
6.7
Metering Mode
Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed
400
Lens
70.0 - 300.0mm
Focal Length
300.0mm
Image Size
3456x2304
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Auto
AF Mode
Manual focusing
Parameters Settings
Contrast Mid. High
Sharpness Mid. High
Color saturation Mid. High
Color tone 0
Color Space
sRGB
Noise Reduction
Off
File Size
1440KB
Custom Function
C.Fn:01-0
C.Fn:02-1
C.Fn:03-0
C.Fn:04-0
C.Fn:05-0
C.Fn:06-1
C.Fn:07-0
C.Fn:08-0
C.Fn:09-0
Drive Mode
Continuous shooting
Owner's Name
unknown
Camera Body No.
0920632717

nice shot, I have just been trying and they come out blured and over exposed, I'll have a try with your settings later on. I notice you used functions 2 and 6, do they make a noteible difference?

What's the deal with focus? I use manual focus and get the image dead sharp in the viewfinder, I'm starting to think I need glasses or something!?!?!?!?