The Official Shoot the Moon Thread

excellent capture Mikey!

Hey, I got some "waxing crescent" shots as well!

I took them with the 100-400 lens and a 1.4x TC on my trusty ol' 30D, and we tend to have a lot of humidity (with the moon pretty low, over city lights) so it's not the sharpest combo but I do like shooting crescent moons!

So, hope you enjoy

Right about sunset:

That's very nice Mikey. You must have been out late to get that.

One from this evening, still much to learn

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Inse wrote in post #16292539
One from this evening, still much to learn

So jealous...I wanted to get that shot last night but it was raining. Well, maybe next month.

ptcanon3ti wrote in post #16293139
So jealous...I wanted to get that shot last night but it was raining. Well, maybe next month.

Ditto. It's either raining, cloudy, or hazy every day. Supposed to start clearing up tomorrow!

Yeah I was so disappointed last night.

Just got this day shot. if the clouds stay away I'll get a night shot in a few hours. *fingers crossed

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Nice! I just took this shot, too, but I was shooting between cloud cover and mine isn't anywhere near as detailed. What settings did you shoot at? I couldn't get the blue out of the natural moon color.

Here's my crappy shot

Ace and Deuce wrote in post #16294618
Nice! I just took this shot, too, but I was shooting between cloud cover and mine isn't anywhere near as detailed. What settings did you shoot at? I couldn't get the blue out of the natural moon color.

I was at 1/320

f6.3 wide open for this lens. I should have had it at f8 for better sharpness. dumbs noob mistake.

ISO 160

Gonna try again soon if clouds cooperate.

ptcanon3ti wrote in post #16294639
1/320
f6.3
ISO 160

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200

Ace and Deuce wrote in post #16294650
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 400 mm
ISO Speed 200

interesting. Curious...do you shoot in live view?

Tonight 7:48pm Palm Harbor, Fl. (7D, 100-400L, tripod) iso 100, f11, 1/40, manual focus

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ptcanon3ti wrote in post #16294658
interesting. Curious...do you shoot in live view?

If I use a tripod and my 2x I do, but this was handheld, so it wasn't.

Ace and Deuce wrote in post #16294698
If I use a tripod and my 2x I do, but this was handheld, so it wasn't.

Oh...ok makes sense.

Night version:
1/40
f8
iso 100

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