The Official Shoot the Moon Thread

My turn...

Moon shot from last night.
100-400 with Canon 2X tele II

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Moon- 9-17-13 by mdecristofaro, on Flickr

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Here's my first real attempt at the moon.

Cropped down and sharpened a tiny little bit. Using a 600D and a kit 75-300.

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Full Moon by MrRWJP, on Flickr

(and at a size suitable for the forums I have realised just how naff it looks in comparison to some! )

Gear:
EOS 600D w/ BG-E8| EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III | EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III | EF 50mm f/1.8 II | Speedlite 430EX II
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the jimmy wrote in post #16307690
I like it, good capture and processing.

Thanks Jimmy.

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First moon attempt that came out semi-ok (also first photo I'm posting on the forum, I believe)

September 19, 2013, 8:36pm
XTi w/ 55-250, handheld
@250mm, ISO 200, f/8, 1/200s

Canon 70D | EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM | EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS | EF 50mm f/1.4 USM | 430EX II

series is almost done...

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Full Moon 9.19.13 BW c 3040 by ptcanon3ti, on Flickr

Paul
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Body - Nikon D750
Lenses - Nikon 20 f1.8 / Nikon 16-35 f4 / Sigma 105 OS Macro / Sigma 24-105 f4 Art / Tamron 70-200 2.8 Di VC / Sigma 150-600 "S"

agentmorgan wrote in post #16310458
Ptcanon3ti, nice!

Ran into clouds, so this was my brief attempt. I'm finding it difficult to properly focus since the moon is so small.

Thank you. Clouds and atmosphere are always an issue when shooting the moon. I've been pretty luck we've had a nice clear stretch of weather lately.

Full moons are by far the hardest moon of all to get any detail in.

What do you mean when you say the moon is small?

Paul
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Body - Nikon D750
Lenses - Nikon 20 f1.8 / Nikon 16-35 f4 / Sigma 105 OS Macro / Sigma 24-105 f4 Art / Tamron 70-200 2.8 Di VC / Sigma 150-600 "S"

the jimmy wrote in post #16307688
Welcome to the forums, nice shot but a little bright for me.

agentmorgan wrote in post #16307897
Thanks! I see what you mean about my shot being brighter than others. As a noob, though, I have no idea how to make mine darker. just glad it wasn't a fuzzy white ball.

Okay, a quick google suggests I need to try a shorter shutter speed.

The "formula" that was passed on to me was dubbed "The lunar-11 rule".

It works like the "Sunny 16" rule but using f/11: you set your ISO, and your aperture at f/11, and your shutter speed at 1/[ISO].

I typically use an ISO of 100, so the settings would be ISO 100, ss of 1/100, aperture f/11. So the outcome would be almost a step darker than your ISO 100, ss 1/125, f/8.

Another interesting approach can be to just set your exposure to where the bright moon is "centered" in your meter! It would tend to be darker yet!

Tony
Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro)
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I feel like a poor relation with my Vivitar after so many great shots here...

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Full moon tonight by Arutemu, on Flickr

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My first moon attempt :P

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Tet Trung Thu 2013 by pyrospawn, on Flickr

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Canon 6D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 (modded for full frame), Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Rokinon FE14M-C 14mm F2.8, Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite