Shot my first moon

I guess when the moon is full, the cameras come out . I did this one on a tripod and tried several different exposures. I chose the 1/30 at f/16 as my favorite. Did a bit of curves, sharpening, and zoom. Lens was my 70-200 f/4 at 200mm. So, is this good for a moon shot?

Stefan

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try 1/800 at f/5.6 next time as this seems overexposed.

Thanks. I will try that next time. Seems like it is very easy to over expose the moon. If I leave it up to the camera, it is just a white circle of light. At least I tried underexposing on my own. I guess I didn't do it enough.

Stefan

Try 1/320, F/8 and ISO 100 for a fully lit moon to avoid over-exposure. This is a good start though

Theoretically, shouldnt the exposures look the same (other than depth of field)? I get the idea that it should be underexposed. But what it the difference between underexposing it with aperture or shutter speed? Other than DOF? I am using a tripod, so camera shake shouldn't be a problem. I know the moon moves, but shouldn't 1/30 be fast enough?

Stefan

Stefan A wrote in post #2223505
Theoretically, shouldnt the exposures look the same (other than depth of field)? I get the idea that it should be underexposed. But what it the difference between underexposing it with aperture or shutter speed? Other than DOF? I am using a tripod, so camera shake shouldn't be a problem. I know the moon moves, but shouldn't 1/30 be fast enough?

Stefan

Normally moon shots are done much faster 1/250th to 1/800

Here is 1/320. F/8 and ISO 100.

Thanks - well hopefully I will get another chance tonight. I don't completely understand why larger aperture rather than longer shutter speed changes the exposure so much. But you have put your money where your mouth is. Great shot!

Stefan

Stefan A wrote in post #2223526
Thanks - well hopefully I will get another chance tonight. I don't completely understand why larger aperture rather than longer shutter speed changes the exposure so much. But you have put your money where your mouth is. Great shot!

Stefan

Sharpness

Oh, and here is a great link to help out some

http://www.shaystephen​s.com/moon_calc.php

Stefan A wrote in post #2223526
Thanks - well hopefully I will get another chance tonight. I don't completely understand why larger aperture rather than longer shutter speed changes the exposure so much. But you have put your money where your mouth is. Great shot!

Stefan

70-200 F4s vary , but typically, starting from wide open at F4 , it will become sharpest around F5.6 or F8. It will probably remain really sharp untill F11. Somewhere around there it will get softer as you stop it down more.

Stopped down a lot , diffraction starts to degrade the image.
So you may as well use the lens as wide open as it is optimally sharp - F5.6 or F8. Faster shutter speed will result which helps with camera shake.

This was with 400 5.6 at 5.6 as I believe it does not get any sharper stopping down. No tripod - I use beanbags for moonshots.
F5.6 ISO100 1/250 20D

Good looking moon, shot, now there is a orientation we do not see much up here

Wow, another great shot. I went for f/16 because in another thread someone said that the moon qualifies as a "sunny 16" shot. I will definitely try some wider apertures.

Thanks for the link - I will use that.

Stefan

Thanks.
I was checking out the different view you get up there.
I'll have to get a full moon pic for a complete picture of all the backward features

Choderboy wrote in post #2223629
Thanks.
I was checking out the different view you get up there.
I'll have to get a full moon pic for a complete picture of all the backward features

Did you do any particular PP to get the craters to stick out like that