The moon is a shy mistress: I have tried so many ways to photograph the moon and all i ever get are white blobs of light with no definition. I will upload some I took last night and...

memorykeeper Loc: Indianapolis, Indiana

I have tried so many ways to photograph the moon and all i ever get are white blobs of light with no definition. I will upload some I took last night and maybe someone might shed some "light" on what am doing wrong. Thanks

jerm

Keep in mind that the moon is very bright... even though it's dark outside, the moon is still in full sunlight. Start with the Sunny 16 Rule, then adjust exposure as needed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_16_rule

tilde531 Loc: Seaford Delaware

jerm wrote:

Keep in mind that the moon is very bright... even though it's dark outside, the moon is still in full sunlight. Start with the Sunny 16 Rule, then adjust exposure as needed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_16_rule

HEY!
*smacks forehead*
Never thought of that!

You're right and here's another case where you think you're only helping one person... but you're helping many more!

Thank you :)

hobbycam Loc: Now in "Hollister, Ca."

I have a few couple moon photos I would like to share :-)
The first as you would expect is just a white blob.
The second has more definition.
I uses a Nikon s220 poket camera to get the shots.
I put it on a tri-pod and set the exposer to f3.2 on the second shot and gave it about 1.275 second exposer. I also placed the camera lense on the back of a cheap telescop that you can find in any cvs store <G> This is the result.

The first was done in auto mode and was washed out.
I hope his helps.

May God Bless

F3.2 1.275 sec sony S220 pocket camera

in auto mode with Sony s220 pocket camera

liv2paddle Loc: Wall, NJ

http://www.lightstalking.com/how-to-photograph-the-moon

got to get on a tripod..and get the f stop down to f8..go back and try again tonight.

Robert Loc: Round Rock, TX

Setting the metering to "Spot" has been very effective for me especially when using a big zoom. Set metering to spot

BRobb Loc: Florida

After reading this I am going to shoot the moon tonight :)

Adubin Loc: Indialantic, Florida

I took these photos with a Nikon D300S and Nikon 500mm F4 manual lens. I used a tripod and spot metered the moon for my exposure settings. I hope this helps when you take your next moon photos.

ISO 200 F-stop 6.3 Speed 1/100 sec

ISO 400 F-stop 18 Speed 1/60 sec

ISO 400 F-stop 18 Speed 1/60 sec - A little creative photo

K7DJJ Loc: Spring Hill, FL

I took one of these in the daylight and one at last night. I see that the exposures were similar. Good luck.

blueeyes3515 Loc: WV

I used an Olympus E-Volt E-500 camera.
Settings f16, 1/40 sec., ISO 200
with a 300mm lens and a 1.4 teleconverter lens. Also I used a tripod.
Good luck!!

thememorykeeper wrote:

I have tried so many ways to photograph the moon and all i ever get are white blobs of light with no definition. I will upload some I took last night and maybe someone might shed some "light" on what am doing wrong. Thanks

profpb Loc: Venice, Florida

If you shoot RAW its a simple decrease exposure in any software.

blueeyes3515 Loc: WV

Manual Mode

blueeyes3515 wrote:

I used an Olympus E-Volt E-500 camera.
Settings f16, 1/40 sec., ISO 200
with a 300mm lens and a 1.4 teleconverter lens. Also I used a tripod.
Good luck!!

thememorykeeper wrote:

I have tried so many ways to photograph the moon and all i ever get are white blobs of light with no definition. I will upload some I took last night and maybe someone might shed some "light" on what am doing wrong. Thanks

Ugly Jake Loc: Sub-Rural Vermont

This is with a Canon Sx30Is - auto mode. Use a tripod, and either a remote shutter release or the timer (2 seconds lets the shiver die down) Does the angle from Fl really move Tycho (The big bright crater) that much, or is the photo /camera tilted?

ISO 160 1/400 sec f/5.8

SnapHappy Loc: SW Florida

thememorykeeper wrote:

I have tried so many ways to photograph the moon and all i ever get are white blobs of light with no definition. I will upload some I took last night and maybe someone might shed some "light" on what am doing wrong. Thanks

I've been having the same problem but assumed I was asking too much of my P&S. I've attached the best of my attempts from last night (or the night before---old and befuddled and can't remember).
Canon SX 30
spot metered
f5.8
ISO 100
1/200
full zoom (35X) ~800mm so they say
hand held (lent my tripod to a friend last week!)

RachelB Loc: Fort Davis, Texas

Canon Rebel T3i with EF-75-300mm f4-5.6 IS USM

I like shooting during a partial phase of the moon. The craters along the edges show more relief, at least in my pictures.

300mm, cropped