Tom Brownell Loc: Chassell, Michigan

The lens doesn't matter. Use what ever lens you want. what does matter is where the moon is located on your lens. if it is off center, you will probably get lens flair.

riveroakes3 Loc: SoCal

I would also include set a timer on your camera or use the remote. Those two plus a faster shutter speed would work best for moon photography. Because your moon is so enlarged I can tell your using a telephoto lens, so try not to be around your camera when taking the picture as it causes easy lens camera shake.

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

Thank you for commenting. I was using a timer and a tripod. I try to remember to step away. :D

Shane Davila

Your exposure is too long. The earth and the moon are moving and in long exposure this will show up. Open your aperture (smaller number) and increase your ISO

DanielB Loc: San Diego, Ca

Did you have a UV filter on your lens? I've hade this same issue and discovered that the UV was causing this second light cast on the lens. Remove the UV filter and try again on the next moon and let us know your results.

jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon

I agree with the others. The moon moves. This has happened to many of us til we learned to increase shutter speed.
Jack

Howard5252 Loc: New York / Florida (now)

Here's my guess. Camera motion. The motion caused the image to go up. The mountains and horizon don't show it because the blur is hidden lower than their final image (as with the moon). The blur of the moon had nothing coming up to hide it. The moon would not move that much in a second or two - that's quite a move, easily over a minute.

stopmedown1 Loc: England UK

I can remember a good photographer told me that you should never use anything longer than 1/4 (one quarter) of a second for a moon shot.

BooIsMyCat Loc: Somewhere

From what I've been told, it's pretty much impossible to get both landscape and the moon in focus "together". You usually have to shoot both and make a composite.

I find the following settings help me with the moon:

Camera Mode: Set your camera mode to full Manual Mode.
• ISO: Set your ISO to 100 if you have a Canon DSLR and to 200 if you have a Nikon DSLR (basically, whatever base ISO you have in your camera). For most other brands, the base ISO is also 100. If you have a point and shoot camera, see if you can find a menu setting to set your ISO to 100. Make sure “Auto ISO” is turned Off.
• Aperture: Set your aperture to f/11.
• Shutter Speed: Set your shutter speed to 1/125 on cameras with base ISO 100, and to 1/250 on Nikon DSLRs with base ISO 200.
• Lens Focus: Set your lens to manual focus.

I also recommend you search the internet for "Looney 11".