Why did the moon come out like this? (Page 2): I used the advice from those videos just last night and got this It looks like you used too hight of an ISO setting. I see noise. Thank...

bobbym Loc: Portadown co Armagh Ireland

Bangee5 wrote:

bobbym wrote:

sudzmonn wrote:

try these 2 videos , they will get you to understand what is going on , help you with settings and such . they are very good.

http://www.trickphotographyideas.com/photography/2012/09/video-how-to-shoot-the-moon/

I used the advice from those videos just last night and got this

It looks like you used too hight of an ISO setting. I see noise.

Thank you Bangee5 its raining and cloudy tonight will try again when it clears

bobbym Loc: Portadown co Armagh Ireland

sorry

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

cony25 wrote:

Cany anbodody tell me why is the moon radiating, also does anybody recognize the purple planet and the red? what could I havew done better inthis pic?

Reflections from atmospheric haze can cause this too.

chell Loc: Nottinghamshire England

planepics wrote:

I took a pic of the "harvest moon" a few days ago and sent it in to the weather crew at a local station. They used it :) but I was already in bed and didn't see the e-mail about it until the morning :( The problem with full moons is that because the sun is shining so brightly on teh whole thing, it washes out any crater definition, but it was still cool to know that it appeared on TV.

Amazing shot. :D

I am PJ

Great posts but just want to say go wide open to avoid star points.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

chell wrote:

planepics wrote:

I took a pic of the "harvest moon" a few days ago and sent it in to the weather crew at a local station. They used it :) but I was already in bed and didn't see the e-mail about it until the morning :( The problem with full moons is that because the sun is shining so brightly on teh whole thing, it washes out any crater definition, but it was still cool to know that it appeared on TV.

Amazing shot. :D

Thanks, chell. I hope cony25 is learning something about moon shots. I learn things most days. What does the moon look like on your side of the pond? PS Welcome to the hog!

MtnMan Loc: ID

There are a couple of issues with the moon.

For exposure if you can't use spot metering use "Sunny 16". That is, if you used f16 you use one over the ISO for shutter speed.

But camera movement is killer. So you want an exposure time of at most one over your lens mm; twice is better. You need to adjust the f-stop to achieve that. Or if you can spot meter use shutter priority at one over your lens mm or one over twice your lens mm.

Here is the day after full.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

MtnMan wrote:

There are a couple of issues with the moon.

For exposure if you can't use spot metering use "Sunny 16". That is, if you used f16 you use one over the ISO for shutter speed.

But camera movement is killer. So you want an exposure time of at most one over your lens mm; twice is better. You need to adjust the f-stop to achieve that. Or if you can spot meter use shutter priority at one over your lens mm or one over twice your lens mm.

Here is the day after full.

Nice shot! Better than mine. What camera/lens did you use?

MtnMan Loc: ID

planepics wrote:

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Nikon D5100.

The "lens" for this one is a forty year old Celestron C8 telescope that has travelled the country with me and spent most of its life in the basement. I recently bought a lens adapter for it that makes it an f6.3 1000 mm "lens". The focus is a bit challenging on it. I used "live view" on the camera and magnified the view to focus. Fortunately the D5100 has a fully articulated screen so it works great for this purpose. I also used its remote to trigger.

I have some also with my Sigma 150-500 (much easier to set up). They require cropping so aren't quite as spiffy. This one would improve if I fussed with it in my newly acquired Lightroom...needs the exposure increase and Lightroom's "clarity" adjustment, and then perhaps a little noise reduction.

Sigma: August's Blue Moon

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

I found out 2 or 3 days ago that my mediocre (ok, maybe better than that) full moon shot was used on a local NBC station on their weathercast, but I was asleep at the time...I read the e-mail the next morning. One of the guys at an aviation club meeting I went to on Tuesday said he saw it, so I'm happy about that. One of the meteorologists had encouraged anyone with a pic of the "harvest moon" to send it in....so I did! I seem to get lucky every so often. One of my plane pics was POTW on one aviation web site last September, another pic got POTM (June 2012) on another aviation site and now a broadcast moon. Now if I could get people to want to buy any of my pics....

MtnMan Loc: ID

planepics wrote:

I found out 2 or 3 days ago that my mediocre (ok, ... (show quote)

I read that...very cool indeed! Congratulations.

I just do it for fun.

cony25

The second pic is awesome,...what are your settings?

planepics wrote:

I took a pic of the "harvest moon" a few days ago and sent it in to the weather crew at a local station. They used it :) but I was already in bed and didn't see the e-mail about it until the morning :( The problem with full moons is that because the sun is shining so brightly on teh whole thing, it washes out any crater definition, but it was still cool to know that it appeared on TV.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

Thanks cony25! It's one of my favorite and only one of two pics I bought a frame for. It's sitting on the top of my turntable at the moment (I still use it occasionally - there's just something about the sound of vinyl). The specs were ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/250 sec., 300 mm (450 mm equivalent), center-weighted metering and (surprised me when I read it) the camera was set at manual exposure - I guess I had been experimenting - for some reason I can't find the original, but I'm sure I still had to do a bunch of PP on it.

Loudbri Loc: Philadelphia

thank you I've had this same problem

sheryloneal Loc: California

planepics wrote:

I took a pic of the "harvest moon" a few days ago and sent it in to the weather crew at a local station. They used it :) but I was already in bed and didn't see the e-mail about it until the morning :( The problem with full moons is that because the sun is shining so brightly on teh whole thing, it washes out any crater definition, but it was still cool to know that it appeared on TV.

WOW!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: