petego4it Loc: NY

Ok, so I polished my Nikkor long lenses, got a great tripod, tripped the shutter remotely, bracketed, found out exactly where the moon would rise (as it fortunately did without much cloud cover), used ISO 100 and daylight exposures, composed with foreground interest...and still can't get even what I would consider a halfway decent shot of the moon. When enlarged while some texture is there, it is not crisp as seen here, and, when cropped for size, noise creeps in way too soon.

Of the great, sharp, detailed shots I've seen on this site, I wonder how many were taken with the moon just rising or how many were done more overhead (less atmosphere to shoot thru, darker sky)...and also how many that have foreground interest were actually composites?

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Go here - http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-423168-1.html - to see what I did and how I did it. ......

Nymphadora

Mine was just over the trees just after it popped up with a full image, very low in the sky, at about 15 degrees up. I used a Nikon D60, 500mm mirror lens with Vivitar 2X Extender, about f16, 1/200th, ISO 800. This Super Moon isn't much more special than the regular Moon. Lots of hype on this Moon. This is actually in colour, it was orange like I wanted, but in spite of the settings, it came out like this. I have an 8" Reflector Telescope that can get much closer but it wasn't worth the effort to drag it outside. I tried two doublers but I could not get enough clarity. Nyms

unlucky2 Loc: Hemet Ca.

For me the night of the 13th was better than the 14th. Sun set and moon rise were very close allowing for greater foreground illumination. That said,my best are 2 image HDR's so that falls into your "composite category" I suffered further image degradation due to the lack of a haze filter. I found the IO of my 7D with my 400 prime to be superior to my 5DSR with the 100-400 II

Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii

Well .., our son had to be flown here.., San Diego.., from Hawaii .. he had a heart attack and now still sits in Sharp Memorial Hospital having had a LVAC installed ..WE have been here now 12 days at a Sheraton next to the hospital .. so of course I brought my camera from Hawaii ...didn't know about the Super Moon .., when I found out .. I borrowed a tripod .., went up on the 6 floor of the hospital parking garage .., looked up and saw a ring around the moon .., so I knew I didn't have clear conditions ..additionally the parking had lights everywhere .., so with a shaky $50 tripod .., I went to work at 9pm with a moon 5 hours old .. using my D810 and a 200-500 5.6 .. miiror up electronic trigger .. manual focus ..live view ..manual mode 100 F16 .. also auto focus which was right on .. f18..80 ... f20 60 ... all over the place bracketing ..

I just processed all of it on my IPAD PRO .. which won't allow the use of RAW .., so jpeg .., and here is what I came up with ..

When I tell back to Hawaii.. I can process the SUPER moon shots with my MacBook Pro and the RAW files I shot in ..

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Laura72568 Loc: Anderson TX

These shots are incredible! Bracketing really makes a difference...wow!

Laura72568 Loc: Anderson TX

These shots are incredible! Bracketing really makes a difference...wow!

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Yeah, AND without shooting raw, or using a gitzo tripod .......! wonder of wonders

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

What are daylight exposures?

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I believe atmospheric conditions like heat waves, humidity, dust, light pollution to a small extent and other factors play a big part in the quality of the shot. And closer to the horizon the worse it gets. So depending where you are is what you will get. I was in NM recently in the middle of nowhere and showed my wife who is from Jersey City the milky Way for the first time. It just slapped you in the face it was so sharp and clear but where we live there are conditions that prevent the hyper sharp photos of the moon due to atmosphere.
Learned this a long time ago in the service.

Roger Lee

I practiced the night before which allowed me to remember to turn off the IS (VR) and watch the white balance. I shot the moon after it broke the horizon a couple of hours later. Captured in Thailand.

14 November 2016 Supermoon. f11 1/160 sec. ISO 320 Canon 500mm f4 mk1 w/ 2x TC mkIII 7DII dslr. Set on daylight white balance, manually focused, live view with remote shutter release on a Gitzo 3 series tripod with Wimberly Gimbal head and Really Right Stuff Long Lens Support Bracket.

CHiet

Far better than mine.

petego4it Loc: NY

Super examples of shots! Especially love the edge crater detail by Dr. Nikon! Wow! So, alas, my quest continues. D800 resolution it certainly seems is big assist in this!

petego4it Loc: NY

thanks much for the specific detail on how you did this wonderful shot!

Jcmarino

What lens and exposures were you actually using? Daylight sounds like you were using an automatic setting of some kind or the sunny 16 rule.