2 Shots of the moon

Here we have 2 quick shots of the moon from tonight.


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great minds think alike - obviously because we are both in the west mids - i did exactly the same last night but have not uploaded them from my camera yet - hope they turn out as good as yours. what lense did you use?

Andy

I also took a quick picture of tonight's moon...

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slartibardfast wrote in post #4160923
great minds think alike - obviously because we are both in the west mids - i did exactly the same last night but have not uploaded them from my camera yet - hope they turn out as good as yours. what lense did you use?

Andy

Thanks Andy. Yes it was nice and clear so after being out most of the day with the cameras I thought the moon was next.
I used 400mm with a 2x tele and a 1.4 x tele on, used mirror lockup to cut out the vibrations. I'm pleased with them.

Nice shot Big Frost. Looks like it has turned a bit more from mine.

Yeah, I'm right outside of Chicago, and used my 70-300 IS USM, and had just bought a tripod and remote.

Think we should get people from all over the world to post a pic of the moon so we can see how it differs.

That would be VERY interesting!

My moon shot from Northern NJ outside of NYC.

Great shot 2005GLI. Nice detail.

I also took a moon shot at the weekend, from Surrey at about 19:30 Saturday evening.

It's here [flickr] (Sorry for the external link, but the image file is too big for uploading to P.O.T.N. at the moment). It's a 100% crop and has undergone a little sharpening in Photoshop.

It was taken with my 400D and 70-300 IS, in P mode at ISO 100. I had to set Exposure Compensation to -2 and use Partial metering to reduce overexposure, but compared with Skylab's shots mine still seems overexposed. I used mirror-lockup and an IR remote.

Any pointers on how I could improve the exposure?

jemann. Just had a look at your shot. I shoot full manual mode. F11 1/30th sec. iso 100.
I don't think auto modes are that good for such a shot. Try manual and take a shot, look at it then a
adjust shutter speed till you get a good one.

skylab wrote in post #4168534
Great shot 2005GLI. Nice detail.

Thanks when I uploaded it to PS7 i kept saying to myself the shot sucks. Was very close to deleting it. I had taken a shot of the moon also around 430pm, it was just over the NYC skyline. But it wasn't bright enough to get any good detail, that and I think Canon did a poor job of dust removal on the sensor as it was very noticeable in the blue skies.

skylab wrote in post #4169087
jemann. Just had a look at your shot. I shoot full manual mode. F11 1/30th sec. iso 100.
I don't think auto modes are that good for such a shot. Try manual and take a shot, look at it then a
adjust shutter speed till you get a good one.

Hey Brian.

I took your advice and tried another shot tonight in manual mode, at ISO 100, f/13 and shutter at 1/30. Exposure seems a lot better, but it also seems a little less sharp.

The result is here [flickr].

Jason

Edit: Just realised I forgot to disable IS while tripod mounted. Might account for the lack of sharpness.

jemann wrote in post #4178009
Hey Brian.

I took your advice and tried another shot tonight in manual mode, at ISO 100, f/13 and shutter at 1/30. Exposure seems a lot better, but it also seems a little less sharp.

The result is here [flickr].

Jason

Edit: Just realised I forgot to disable IS while tripod mounted. Might account for the lack of sharpness.

Just had a look. Not to bad,seems sharp to me. Yes the IS will mess up on a tripod. Took one tonight will post in a bit.