Second try moon photos.
Mar 29, 2018 19:22:45 #
On my first try the images were blown out. This time I put the camera in A mode and selected f/11. Probably should have used M and jacked up the shutter speed too. Went +/- 1 ev in 1/3 stops. First shot thru the pine was about 6:30 PM and still light out. Second was about 2 hours later. 1) 1/640 f/11 ISO640 600MM cropped. Second 1/640 f/11 ISO 4500 600MM cropped. D750 body, Tamron 150-600 G2. We're learnin.
Mar 29, 2018 19:27:33 #
Mar 29, 2018 21:18:49 #
Nice shots but with your camera and lens you could do much better with little effort. I generally don't criticize pics posted on UHH but I've taken many moon shots and I can see you are just a few minutes away from a much better shot. I'll just speak of shot two, I think shot one was pretty good.
Shot two.. I think your settings are off. f6.5, iso 100 would get a better image. Use M mode. As far as the shutter speed, use the live view lcd and start at 1/200 sec and raise the shutter speed until the live view shows a contrasty image with the darks prominent, and the lights dark enough so you are getting as few blown highlights as possible.
I can see there's a lot of details that post processing would bring out on your shot, but the over exposed bleached white areas are not recoverable. You can use post processing to bring out detail on an under exposed shot, but an over exposed shot can not recover the blown highlights.
Attached is a pic I took with my Coolpix B700, f6.5, iso-100, 1/500 sec. to illustrate the things I mentioned above.
Shot two.. I think your settings are off. f6.5, iso 100 would get a better image. Use M mode. As far as the shutter speed, use the live view lcd and start at 1/200 sec and raise the shutter speed until the live view shows a contrasty image with the darks prominent, and the lights dark enough so you are getting as few blown highlights as possible.
I can see there's a lot of details that post processing would bring out on your shot, but the over exposed bleached white areas are not recoverable. You can use post processing to bring out detail on an under exposed shot, but an over exposed shot can not recover the blown highlights.
Attached is a pic I took with my Coolpix B700, f6.5, iso-100, 1/500 sec. to illustrate the things I mentioned above.
r.grossner wrote:
On my first try the images were blown out. This time I put the camera in A mode and selected f/11. Probably should have used M and jacked up the shutter speed too. Went +/- 1 ev in 1/3 stops. First shot thru the pine was about 6:30 PM and still light out. Second was about 2 hours later. 1) 1/640 f/11 ISO640 600MM cropped. Second 1/640 f/11 ISO 4500 600MM cropped. D750 body, Tamron 150-600 G2. We're learnin.
Apr 7, 2018 11:14:57 #
Bobspez wrote:
Nice shots but with your camera and lens you could... (show quote)
Thanks. I already concluded after looking at these I need to use M mode. Next full moon I'll try again.
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