MTG44
Loc: Corryton, Tennessee
Was sitting at the dinner table last night and this moon came up through the tree. I grabbed my camera and was trying to take this shot with the tree branches in focus and wasn't quite sure what to do. Since I was eating and couldn't my guests for long I set up tripod and spend a lot of time on set up. My question is what would be the recommended settings. Settings were f6.3, 1/320, ISO400, 300mm, lens Sigma 18-300
MTG44
Loc: Corryton, Tennessee
Sorry I did not proof read. I meant to say I couldn't leave my guests for any length of time to set up my tripod or spend time experimenting with settings. Thanks for your patients.
I usually start at f8 and 1/250 and bracket from there so I don't blow out the moon. Spot metering might help, but any averaging usually always blows the moon out. Yours seems really close.
Manual metering, Sunny f16 rule because the moon is lit by the sun.
MTG44
Loc: Corryton, Tennessee
grillmaster5062 wrote:
Manual metering, Sunny f16 rule because the moon is lit by the sun.
Thanks . Will try tonight.
big-guy
Loc: Peterborough Ontario Canada
You say you want the tree branches in focus and I'm assuming you want the moon in focus as well. With a 300mm lens not possible in 1 shot (unless the trees are over a ½ mile away) but you can stack 2 shots together, 1 focused on the moon and 1 focused on the trees, and get a nice sharp photo. Photoshop does this trick quite nicely.
As to your settings, if we follow the sunny 16 rule (on a full moon) we can shoot at:
1. 100 ISO f16 and 1/60 sec
2. 100 ISO f11 and 1/125 sec
3. 100 ISO f8 and 1/500 sec
4. 100 ISO f5.6 and 1/1000 sec
With your 300mm lens your minimum time should be 1/300 sec (inverse law) so you can choose either #3 or #4 options. Remember, that the moon is moving and the increased focal length enhances that movement hence the faster minimum shutter speed.
Good luck, hope to see the final results soon.
MTG44 wrote:
Was sitting at the dinner table last night and this moon came up through the tree. I grabbed my camera and was trying to take this shot with the tree branches in focus and wasn't quite sure what to do. Since I was eating and couldn't my guests for long I set up tripod and spend a lot of time on set up. My question is what would be the recommended settings. Settings were f6.3, 1/320, ISO400, 300mm, lens Sigma 18-300
MTG44 wrote:
Sorry I did not proof read. I meant to say I couldn't leave my guests for any length of time to set up my tripod or spend time experimenting with settings. Thanks for your patients.
Not patients... those are people receiving or registered to receive medical treatment.
It's PATIENCE......
Yes, it would require multiple shots for the tree branches & the moon to both be in focus. Missed that tidbit in the original post....
Very nice shots and great information. Thank you!
MTG44 wrote:
Was sitting at the dinner table last night and this moon came up through the tree. I grabbed my camera and was trying to take this shot with the tree branches in focus and wasn't quite sure what to do. Since I was eating and couldn't my guests for long I set up tripod and spend a lot of time on set up. My question is what would be the recommended settings. Settings were f6.3, 1/320, ISO400, 300mm, lens Sigma 18-300
I would set ISO to 800 and shutter speed to 1/600. If the camera was held without tripod the formula for shutter speed is 1/mm lens. Your 300 m would be 1/300 and this is right on the border. I often take dozens of shots before I get one real clear. I will zoom in on yours and see. David PS A bit over exposed so f 8 may have been close.
planepics
Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs
James R wrote:
Here are ones I made.
hmmphh...after I finish paying for my vacation, and my car and probably a couple other things I need to get a 150-600...this is close to as good as I can get.
planepics
Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs
Meives wrote:
I often take dozens of shots before I get one real clear.
I recently saw a video on YouTube (I haven't tried it yet) about stacking a moon shot. Since the moon is a moving target, whither you use a tripod or not, take maybe 8 or 10 pics of it and stack the best ones in something like PSE. I don't recall if he bracketed the shots at all or just shot in burst mode.
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