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Nov 19, 2014 00:12:56 #
Hello, I am new to this and eager to learn from members, I have been interested in photography most of my life but never had spare time to actually learn a thing, I have enjoyed taking pics with my cell phone which is a Samsung Galaxy S5 and just purchased my first real camera Nikon D5300, trying to learn how to get great shots of the moon and failing horribly but please, feel free to comment on my pics. I live in a rural area in eastrn Iowa so thought I would start with some of my first local pics that I like.
Thank you,
Wendyjo
Thank you,
Wendyjo
Nov 19, 2014 00:18:28 #
Welcome to the Hog Wendyjo.
The best way to think about shooting the moon is to remember that the moon is a bright light, so you want your ISO to be on it's lowest. Your shutter speed should be about 500. Most importantly, you want to have your camera on a tripod so as not to get any vibrations or shakes of any kind. You can go to the astronomy section of this site and Erv and the Captain are very good at explaining the things that you need. Again, Welcome, and I hope that you enjoy your experience.
jjadeco25
The best way to think about shooting the moon is to remember that the moon is a bright light, so you want your ISO to be on it's lowest. Your shutter speed should be about 500. Most importantly, you want to have your camera on a tripod so as not to get any vibrations or shakes of any kind. You can go to the astronomy section of this site and Erv and the Captain are very good at explaining the things that you need. Again, Welcome, and I hope that you enjoy your experience.
jjadeco25
wendyjo wrote:
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Thank you, these are not edited and the old church seems to dark and blurry , but I like the subject, lots of old abandoned buildings in the area, working on composition.
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Nov 19, 2014 08:10:22 #
Welcome to the Hog, Wendyjo. You made a good choice with your first DSLR. A great book that will help you get the most from your new camera is Bryan Petersons, "Understanding Exposure". Available at Barnes & Noble or Amazon for $20. ;)
Nov 19, 2014 08:35:06 #
Welcome to the family!
I like the uniqueness of image #1.
For the sunset/sunrise, if you under-exposed a little, you could have more richness of sky color and interesting silhouettes in foreground. I agree with you; it appears a bit blurry, either from camera's inability to find a focus point, or your moving the camera - shutter speed was too slow.
All of these points will be easy to remedy when you have a better understanding of how exposure works - relationship among shutter speed, aperture, ISO. Enjoy the journey :)
I like the uniqueness of image #1.
For the sunset/sunrise, if you under-exposed a little, you could have more richness of sky color and interesting silhouettes in foreground. I agree with you; it appears a bit blurry, either from camera's inability to find a focus point, or your moving the camera - shutter speed was too slow.
All of these points will be easy to remedy when you have a better understanding of how exposure works - relationship among shutter speed, aperture, ISO. Enjoy the journey :)
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wendyjo wrote:
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Welcome wendyjo. I'm pretty new myself, well, new anyway, not so pretty, but I've been reading here for a long time before joining and let me suggest click here http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-258695-1.html and look at this shot of the moon and then look at the camera settings used on top of the image and write them down. Then when you're ready to shoot the moon again, put your camera in "M" (manual) mode and put your camera on those settings as a starting place and then change the settings as you need to on your camera to get the kind of shots you want. I've heard people here say that since the moon is lit by the sun it needs to be shot like it is in daylight here on earth not like your camera meter will tell you to shoot it. You can start another subject and get a lot of help from much better shooters than I am. You can also click on the word "Search" at the top of the page and search form and put in "shooting the moon" and you will get a lot to read about shooting the moon from several others who have asked the same question along with plenty of good answers. Now, you may not have the same lens that was used for this shot, a Tamron 150-600, but the longest lens you have will do for now and if you want shots as good as this one maybe your next lens will be this one. That's not a real good reason to buy this lens but it has a lot of other uses as well, and is excellent for wildlife and other stuff you may want to shoot later. Regis uses a Canon 6D camera, his Tamron lens and he shot this with his lens zoomed out as far as it would go to 600 millimeters, with the shutter speed at 1/320th of a second, at an aperture of f/6.3, and an iso of 100. I don't think he said but he probably put his camera in "M" (manual) mode and handheld this as opposed to it being on a tripod but not everyone is steady enough to do that - practice is good. Good luck and don't be afraid to ask questions. By the way, this shot I sent you to is cropped way in so if you get a little ball maybe you can crop yours in some 'til it starts to degrade the image and then back up a little bit.
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