Help with Moon Shoots
May 1, 2018 11:17:03 #
May 1, 2018 11:20:33 #
DaveC1 wrote:
I'll put up one more for comparison. Nikkor 300mm AI lens, tripod, 1/125 second, spot metering, mirror up, f8, Nikon D300.
Very nice, your's gets my vote for the sharpest! Goes to show that a prime is always better than a long zoom! You must have had to have cropped that image quite a bit too.
May 1, 2018 11:49:48 #
What was the camera you used hooked up to that lens ..just curious ...I see the suggestions below are excellant ...follow them and you should be in god shape ..
I followed their advice and have posted some images ..
I followed their advice and have posted some images ..
May 1, 2018 11:52:38 #
Thank you all for your recommendations. I am using a Nikon D750. I will try again this evening and see what happens. Again thanks. 
May 1, 2018 12:35:59 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Very nice, your's gets my vote for the sharpest! Goes to show that a prime is always better than a long zoom! You must have had to have cropped that image quite a bit too.
Yes, its cropped quite a bit.
May 12, 2018 11:30:00 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Use trial and error for exposure. A bright moon is close to a subject in cloudly-bright daylight. Your high ISO is problematic. I've also found that here near the Oregon Coast you're gonna get influence from high humidity in the night sky. Plus there's a lot of pollen and fine dust filtering down from above as the air gets colder. I had a headlight on one night and it looked like a fine snow drifting down when I looked up.
May 21, 2018 18:15:53 #
Try using f11 @125 and ISO 100 with manual setting and a tripod with a cable release. Recently put a framed moon shot photo in a doctors office using these settings. Settings are not in stone but work in the area. At f8 the shutter speed goes up to 500. Good luck!
/George
/George
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