Can anyone help me to get a good shot of the moon? I have a D80 with a 70-300mm 1 ;4 - 5:6G.
Bill C wrote:
Can anyone help me to get a good shot of the moon? I have a D80 with a 70-300mm 1 ;4 - 5:6G.
Use the sunny 16 rule, its a great place to start.
Bill C wrote:
Can anyone help me to get a good shot of the moon? I have a D80 with a 70-300mm 1 ;4 - 5:6G.
As MT says...
Think about it- what's lighting the moon?...
The sun, right?
Your camera meter may think about all the dark surrounding it and over-expose to correct.
What MT's sayin' is use f-16 (and a shutter speed that matches the ISO).
You may need to adjust if the moon in closer to the horizon to compensate for atmospheric "neutral density"
Erv
Loc: Medina Ohio
I will add: Tripod and a remote release.
Erv
Tripod, cable release (or self timer), wb set to "sunny", mirror lock-up, IS off if you have it, spot metering, and DO NOT focus to infinity.
This shot was 400mm, 1/250, F/8, iso @ 100.
OOOOOOOO Laaaaa Laaaaaa! Nice Shot!
Nice shot, pigpen.
Just one stop off MT's suggestion.
A lot depends on how bright the moon is and how clear the atmosphere is. This is with a 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM, ISO-100, f/8 and 1/50and usinf auto white ballance. As stated a tri-pod and remote release are almost a must. Use manual focus. Bracket your shots and pick your best. It will probably take a few tries so don't get discussed.
Jim D
What do you all think about not shooting when the moon is full. Would this increase shadows and crater definition?
I think if the moon was not full there would be more shadows and definition. Chuck Norris would probably add a fill card to get some detail in the shadows.
Sweet shot, nice nice nice!
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I think if the moon was not full there would be more shadows and definition. Chuck Norris would probably add a fill card to get some detail in the shadows.
But he has longer arms than I do!
I don't know how much you would gain, going to have to try it though. I would think the time of night might make a bigger difference because the sun is hitting the moon at a different angle?
Here is a shot I took the other day. Not as good as I would have liked because it was hand held using the 100-400mm. f5.6, 1/1600, ISo-1000
Jim D
dib2002 wrote:
Sweet shot, nice nice nice!
Thank you. Was just playing around, just got that lens that day. That lens really has impressed me!
Jim D
You need to change your metering to "spot" metering. If you use evauative or pattern, all of the dark around the moon will make your camera brighten the image and the end result will be a moon looking like a white blob. In addition, change your exposure to 1 stop under. You can use a tripod for best results, assuming you are using an ISO of 100 or 200. I can hand hold and get pretty good results at ISO 400 and F8.
Attached is one I took a night or two before the last full moon. It was taken as described above. 250 mm, F8, ISO 400, Spot Metering, and 1 stop under. Camera was hand help. Shutter speed was 1/800.
Moon
Jfwalkr wrote:
You need to change your metering to "spot" metering. If you use evauative or pattern, all of the dark around the moon will make your camera brighten the image and the end result will be a moon looking like a white blob.
Not necessarly true. The photo I posted above was using CenterWeightedAverage.
Jim D
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