Please critique my moon shots
Nov 2, 2011 21:00:32 #
I am just learning about moon shots and these are my 1st attempts. I have a Fuji Finepix S9000. This camera goes up to 9mp max which I shot these pictures at but when I crop them some of them end up being really small in size. Am I doing something wrong? I was afraid that if I shot the photos at a lower mp that they would turn out grainier/noisier than they did. Thank you for your comments and advice...oh, by the way, I used a tripod and a shutter release cable. I took the UV filter off and had the lens hood on. I still got some ghosting in some of the shots.The moon shot that looks blue I took before the sun set. The darker one I shot about 1/2 hour after the sun set.
f 5.6 1/30 sec. ISO 200
f 4.9 1/800 sec. ISO 200
Nov 2, 2011 23:17:31 #
I am far from and expert and just learning to do this myself.
Try a smaller aperture and under expose from the meter reading. You are shooting at a very bright object. The tripod is good (a must for me), though I have seen some very good handheld shots on this forum. Try doing a search on moonshots, I know that there have been some threads on this topic that discussed settings.
Try a smaller aperture and under expose from the meter reading. You are shooting at a very bright object. The tripod is good (a must for me), though I have seen some very good handheld shots on this forum. Try doing a search on moonshots, I know that there have been some threads on this topic that discussed settings.
Nov 4, 2011 23:48:45 #
Country's Mama wrote:
I am far from and expert and just learning to do this myself.
Try a smaller aperture and under expose from the meter reading. You are shooting at a very bright object. The tripod is good (a must for me), though I have seen some very good handheld shots on this forum. Try doing a search on moonshots, I know that there have been some threads on this topic that discussed settings.
Try a smaller aperture and under expose from the meter reading. You are shooting at a very bright object. The tripod is good (a must for me), though I have seen some very good handheld shots on this forum. Try doing a search on moonshots, I know that there have been some threads on this topic that discussed settings.
Thanks so much, Country's Mama. I appreciate the feedback
;-)
Nov 5, 2011 00:10:36 #
use a tripod if you have one to steady the camera and avoid camera shake. for a half-moon, try 1/125 @ f/8 at ISO 100, and experiment from there. if the moon is full, use 1/250 or so as a starting shutter speed, with the same aperture and ISO.
Nov 5, 2011 00:13:43 #
SQUIRL033 wrote:
use a tripod if you have one to steady the camera and avoid camera shake. for a half-moon, try 1/125 @ f/8 at ISO 100, and experiment from there. if the moon is full, use 1/250 or so as a starting shutter speed, with the same aperture and ISO.
Thanks so much, Squirl, I do use a tripod and shutter release cable. I will try your suggestions. :-D
Nov 5, 2011 00:18:05 #
whitewitch wrote:
I am just learning about moon shots and these are my 1st attempts.
Please read this future FAQ for UHH:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=109
Nov 5, 2011 00:30:40 #
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Thank you Nikonian. I've tried this but the problem is my aperture seems to only go up to F11. Is there anything else I can try to compensate for that?
whitewitch wrote:
I am just learning about moon shots and these are my 1st attempts.
Please read this future FAQ for UHH:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_page.jsp?upnum=109[/quo
Thank you Nikonian. I've tried this but the problem is my aperture seems to only go up to F11. Is there anything else I can try to compensate for that?
Nov 5, 2011 01:14:26 #
you don't need to shoot at f/16. anywhere above f/8 will be fine.
1/80 @ f/11, ISO 200
1/125, f/8 ISO 100
1/40, f/11, ISO 400
Nov 5, 2011 01:20:13 #
whitewitch wrote:
Thank you Nikonian72. I've tried this but the problem is my aperture seems to only go up to F11. Is there anything else I can try to compensate for that?
The following are equivalent exposures, basically rendering the same image. Easy to set-up, shoot, check your results, adjust, and shoot again:
ISO 400: 1/400-sec at f/16 =
ISO 200: 1/400-sec at f/11 =
ISO 100: 1/200-sec at f/11
Nov 5, 2011 02:03:39 #
SQUIRL033 wrote:
you don't need to shoot at f/16. anywhere above f/8 will be fine.
Oh, thanks Squirl. I'm glad to hear that. :P
Nov 5, 2011 02:06:12 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
The following are equivalent exposures, basically rendering the same image. Easy to set-up, shoot, check your results, adjust, and shoot again:
ISO 400: 1/400-sec at f/16 =
ISO 200: 1/400-sec at f/11 =
ISO 100: 1/200-sec at f/11
whitewitch wrote:
Thank you Nikonian72. I've tried this but the problem is my aperture seems to only go up to F11. Is there anything else I can try to compensate for that?
The following are equivalent exposures, basically rendering the same image. Easy to set-up, shoot, check your results, adjust, and shoot again:
ISO 400: 1/400-sec at f/16 =
ISO 200: 1/400-sec at f/11 =
ISO 100: 1/200-sec at f/11
Great! Thank you for the information, Nikonian. I really appreciate it.
:-P
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