slclog wrote:
There is a lot wrong with this shot but I am trying to understand what caused all the issues. Things I know: That really is the moon up there. Canon 20D, f10, 50mm, ISO 200, Manual focus, crooked tripod, basketball hoop still in picture white line that is an airplane going by.
In the lighter picture 25 second exposure
In the Darker picture 8 seconds with a minor re-positioning of the lens.
Aside from fixing the obvious framing issues, how would you expose a shot like this? What settings and what do you focus on. My eyes aren't the greatest, but I'm pretty sure the moon was in focus in the viewfinder
There is a lot wrong with this shot but I am tryin... (
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slclog-- I posted the below for another person with a similar problem.. and this might work for you
As a long-time landscape shooter, I would like to offer you a different approach for your shot... YES, there are many ways to do this... and other people do have solutions that will work... but, this is what works for me.
First, I will agree with others here and state that the "F/16 Rule" or the "Sunny f/16" rule just does not apply... That rule is for 'daylight' shots, where lighting is 'somewhat' even through the entire frame of the image..... Here, you actually are dealing with - two lighting conditions.
The first is the 'dark' image which is your landscape, and the foreground of the image which is light at 'night time' conditions....... Second, you have the brightness of the moon, which is very much closer to 'real daylight' conditions... Just remember, the moon is a planet, where the source of light is solely the sun... So, this is actually closer to 'daylight' conditions... NOW, what will change this is, atmospheric pollution, clours and or dust, or microparticles in our earth's atmosphere...
With that said, you must look at it as if you are actually shooting two different pictures...
NOW... for the solution... -- Bracketing and them blending of 2 or more of the captured images.
The objective is to have one image which has good exposure for the foreground, and to have a second image for the exposure of the moon itself... and 'blend' or 'photo merge' in lightroom...
As for me.... I am lucky in that now I own the Canon EOS R5 and I can use 'exposure simulation' which means... this is the 'live-view' of other DSLR cameras, and what I see of my screen is actually what is being seen by the camera sensor...
If you don't have 'exposure simulation' -- Try this...... Experiment which you shooting/exposure of the landscapes.. Them, using that as a 'beginning for you lower exposure of the bracketed shots... do a 7 or 9 exposure of the scene with the moon in it.... then check you last images to see if the exposure for the moon is close....... you may need to vary your amount between each of the 7 or 9 shots either 1 stop or more. to cover the range........ Which is called the 'Dynamic Range' of your target image..
Then, do home, find the images you like for the foreground, then the image for the moon, and them do a photo merge of these selected shots......
In closing, I will attach one such shot done in this fashion of one of our Tampa landmarks which was taken back last Jan of this year.....
Let me know if I can help
Cheers
George Veazey
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