Shooting the moon

Man those are darn good results BASmith ,especially for handholding , as they say practice, practice, practice and it has definitely paid off well for you Well done .!!!!

BASmith , you certainly did an improvement from your first to second shot ! BTW your first shot is just after full moon and your second shot was just before full moon . You can always tell from the side that still has shadow on it just after and before full moon . Nice shots tho !

OK, so I have to show off what a dinky Powershot S1IS, ISO 50, f/8, and I can't remember what exposure time , and handheld to boot, with 32X zoom all the way into the crappy 3.2 megapixels. I realllllly want a new camera!! I am going to check out the stacker program, though!

Did somebody say cheap tamron lens?

Heres one of my first moon shots, did it with my $187 70-300mm tamron

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RLopez wrote in post #5360236
Did somebody say cheap tamron lens?

Heres one of my first moon shots, did it with my $187 70-300mm tamron

Thats pretty good
About the same that I could get out of my budget 75-300 canon

BASmith wrote in post #5358561
Images taken with my crapy XTi.... 70 300 I think the EXIF is intact on all shots. All shots 100% crops.

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My first attempt. Back when I didn't know a dam thing about my camera or the lens. It's really kinda poor.
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Next shot was another test drive as I was learning. Better, but still not the Bomb I was expecting I should get. I had to overshapen to get the result I thought I should have got.

Eyeing what others did with their equipment, and there have been many a sad shots, but fair examples as to when to take a good shot of the moon, exposure, and modes, I captured this one. tho still a lot to over sharpened to expose the details. I was a little happier with the results.


Still I was not happy though. And I endured with lots of cloudy nights with the moon un exposed at all or fleeting clouds that kept blocking the brilliance of what I knew I could get, but yet to achieve. I also must state that all of the above were HAND HELD.

But this last one was on a tripod. I did not however use mirror lock up. I'm sure my next and possibly last moon shot experiment will, and it should be just a tad better than this one. Not to much sharpening as I had to to in the past, as I learned what had to be done.
I'm also sure its not THE BEST out there, But I'm happy with my skills and my lens and Cam. For the time being.


SO happy Moon shooting to everyone, and to everyone, a good exposure, no matter what you are using to get the end result.

Be aware that the closer you are to the full moon the harder it can be to get detail. There is less shadow in the craters due to the sun being basically right behind you, same principal as using the onboard flash.
Try the 1st and 3rd quarters for best results

As taken, in daylight three days ago with a 40D Canon EF100-400 F4.5 L and a two times converter on a tripod

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you guys are cheating!
(but so am I)

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I wish there was an astrophotography sub-forum here so we can talk shop and get help on how to get good shots.
My XTi is only a few weeks old and this is one of my best moon shots so far. I had it mounted with the stock lens to an Orion XT8 Dobsonian. Too bad the weather has been crappy this whole week so no clear sky.

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I agree there should be a dedicated Astrophotography section here.

Ok I'll play. I have posted this before. DR through an Orion 80ED:

Both very nice Henry ! It would be nice if there was an astronomy section of it's own here . Sure would be interesting cause theres quite a few here with some good moon images , not to mention Nighthound (Steve) that has alot of DSOs' .

Hand held 30D, 100-400L @ 400mm, x2 TC, ISO 100, F11, 1/100sec

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WOW! I leave for a couple of days and this is what happens! I appreciate everyones comments and especially their posts! All I was trying to do in the OP was to share a shot of the moon with my new EF 70-200mm. I never expected to get this kind of result from that post! thank you all for your thoughts on lenses, stacking etc, but the bottom line is this: We are all photographers, whether we have the $$ to spend on the high end lenses or if we are shooting with our kit lenses. Regardless of what we use to shoot pictures with, that's what we do...we shoot pictures. and pictures are meant to be enjoyed, shared and commented on. So please, comment, share and enjoy the work that we all do and let's have some fun doing it!

Oh, and btw....if someone would like to share their 500mm or 600mm with me so I can get a cool shot of the moon like theirs....!!!