Help needed with strawberry moon shots
Jun 22, 2016 02:05:28 #
I tried to get some shots of the strawberry moon on Monday. I had my D7000 mounted on a tripod and I was using a Tamron 16-300 lens. I had the lens at 300mm for most of the shots. I had the camera set at 100 iso and 125 shutter speed. I got some good shots of the moon but they all lacked detail. The moon just looked like a big white disc. I could see lots of detail with the naked eye (craters and dark area on the moon's surface) but none of that was captured in the shots. Does anyone have any ideas of what I did wrong or what settings I should have used. I was using settings that was recommended by a photographer online. The tech at my local camera shop said that the settings were pretty good for capturing moon shots. I'm really disappointed that I didn't get more detailed shots of the moon's surface. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
300mm 100 iso 6.3 aperture
Jun 22, 2016 02:17:57 #
Jun 22, 2016 02:27:36 #
Jun 22, 2016 02:29:15 #
PVR8 wrote:
... 100 iso and 125 shutter speed. ...The moon just looked like a big white disc. I... Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
much over exposed.
use single spot exposure control.
you are shooting at night but the moon is in full daylight.
Jun 22, 2016 03:31:09 #
The MOST important factor, what was your f-stop??
Shoulda been around 10!
But hey, nice cloud shot!!!
SS
Shoulda been around 10!
But hey, nice cloud shot!!!
SS
Jun 22, 2016 05:55:09 #
photocat
Loc: Atlanta, Ga
Try ISO 200 shutter speed at 250 fstop 5.6 , 8,or 11. Basically sunny 16 rule. Depending on your location one of those stops will give you the detail your looking for
Jun 22, 2016 08:08:45 #
TheDman
Loc: USA
Couldn't you see that this was occurring on your camera as you took the shots and adjusted your shutter speed accordingly?
Jun 22, 2016 10:13:11 #
you need less light on your subject. Keep the ISO as low as you can. bump up your f-stop as high as you can. then set your shutter at 1/300. your lens is 300, so the lowest to go is 1/300. I know that general rule is for handheld, but start there. if it is too dark go to a lower f-stop. if it is too bright go to a faster shutter speed.
Jun 22, 2016 10:14:34 #
PVR8 wrote:
Btw. I was using spot focusing and center weighted metering.
Use spot metering. it's overexposed.
Jun 22, 2016 11:12:51 #
I didn't adjust shutter speed, but I did adjust ISO and got the same results. Since the 16-300 lens has variable aperture it automatically sets aperture even in manual mode. I still have a lot to learn and I'm very grateful for this forum because MOST of the folks here are very helpful.
TheDman wrote:
Couldn't you see that this was occurring on your camera as you took the shots and adjusted your shutter speed accordingly?
Jun 22, 2016 11:16:48 #
Looks like mine when I first started ...., so years ago I googled "photo techniques for shooting the moon" ..., problem solved ...
Jun 22, 2016 11:21:30 #
Thanks to everyone for the input and good advice. I will keep in mind what's been said and I'll keep trying until I get what I'm shooting for.
Jun 22, 2016 11:22:30 #
TheDman
Loc: USA
PVR8 wrote:
I didn't adjust shutter speed, but I did adjust ISO and got the same results. Since the 16-300 lens has variable aperture it automatically sets aperture even in manual mode. I still have a lot to learn and I'm very grateful for this forum because MOST of the folks here are very helpful.
You need to be in manual mode. If you're letting the camera set aperture or shutter speed, then it won't matter if you adjust the ISO because the camera will just change something else to give you the same (incorrect) exposure. You have to be in control and not let some setting or another change at will.
Jun 22, 2016 11:24:05 #
That's what I did too and that's how I came up with the settings that I used. I think the advice that's been given here will solve the problem for me.
Dr.Nikon wrote:
Looks like mine when I first started ...., so years ago I googled "photo techniques for shooting the moon" ..., problem solved ...
Jun 22, 2016 11:31:38 #
Thanks Dman, I'm going to try again with the next full moon. I may be mistaken but it seems that the lens automatically adjusts the aperture even when I'm in manual mode.
TheDman wrote:
You need to be in manual mode. If you're letting the camera set aperture or shutter speed, then it won't matter if you adjust the ISO because the camera will just change something else to give you the same (incorrect) exposure. You have to be in control and not let some setting or another change at will.
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