I need some advice. First I will tell you my gear, canon 70d lenses ,canon 400mm 1:5.6 L
Canon 2x extender mid weight tripod, ball head. I started with ISO 400 ,shutter 400, f11
Shoot in manual mode ,I use a remote switch. By the time I was ready in order to shoot at the correct exposure I needed to shoot ISO 1000 , shutter 1250,aperture f9 also there was a slight breeze and I did not have additional weight to use on the tripod . I would only shoot when I had a lull in the the breeze ,I assume the breeze to be approx. 5 mph. I did not realize the noon would move so quickly ,I needed to be sure to check my focus and setting due to the movement of the noon every few minutes . I had a little camera movement for sure. I believe the Ball head is not great,not smooth and I do feel the shots I took will not enlarge well. I am sure my lack of experience caused someof the problems
Also. I would greatly appreciate any info. you may have for me as well as comments on gear used .thank you for you help G M P

Here's a shot of almost a full moon: Nikon D5200, 1/320 sec at f/11 ISO 200. Lens is a Tamron 16-300 set at 300mm. It was on a tripod in a backyard in the Los Angeles area, if you can believe that. I start with a fairly low ISO (200, 400) at f/11 or f/16 taking a series of shots varying the shutter speed from 1/40 and halving the shutter speed up to whatever until you see a shot that looks like a good exposure. You may have to decrease the shutter speed, depending on the weather. I shoot with Auto WB and it seems to work as the moon is basically grey-white anyway. Tripod is ESSENTIAL! as well as using a cable or remote release. And the moon moves and you have to check framing every shot. On focus I found that I need to manually set the focus to near infinity rather than depend on the Auto focus. Hope this helps.