Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Try to get an incident light reading .

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Kodak had it right. A good starting point for the moon is 1/iso at F16.
Because the moon is lit by the sun, it is actually a full day light exposure.
So, lets say you shoot at iso 250, so your BASE exposure would be 1/250 sec. at f16.
or, if you shoot at say iso 500, then your BASE exposure would be 1/500 sec. at f16
Some folks like to shoot the moon when it is low on the horizon and frame it with mountains, trees, houses, buildings etc. etc. etc.
Clouds always make a great composition shooting the moon.
You can vary from this BASE exposure of course to suit your taste.
Kodak used to have what they called, "moons in the refrigerator" when shooting the moon with film. First, you would take images with the moon and record where in the frame the moon appeared, then you would put your film away in the refrigerator until you wanted to take it out again and record a second image on top of that one. The trick was to remember where in each frame the moon appeared. The second exposure would record in the black of the sky, which did not get any exposure at all.
Of course, this moons in the refrigerator is no longer necessary with Digital images. Most camera's allow you to double expose when shooting RAW, consult your camera instructions on double exposures.
With Nikon they have a menu setting that allows you to do this.
Below is an example, I pre exposed the moon in one spot in the sky, about a month later I went to a balloon lighting at a local town. The result is below.
Enjoy and keep on shooting until the end.

Alex A

Spot meter exposure (you’re over exposing with anything else, hence your white ball). Use a tripod and probably the longest lens you have.
It’s a lot brighter than you’d think, so start with an exposure around like 1/250 @ f6.3 and iso 400. Suggest using the self timer on the shutter to minimise shake on the tripod and you may want to increase the shutter speed to 1/500th (with suitable changes to aperture or iso of course) to help with that too. Best of luck!

maranatha

Have tried several times to shoot moon have given up !!!

bugz198585 Loc: South Dakota, EX Long Islander NY, Florida,

Now that's funny

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

OUTSTANDING shot!!

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

Photographing The Moon - The Following Ideas Were Gleaned From UHH
"For photographing the full moon, start by choosing an exposure based on the Looney f/11 rule. It states that when photographing the full moon, use f/11, ISO 100 and 1/100 second or one over your ISO if you want a different shutter speed. This is similar to the sunny f/16 rule that says to photograph on a sunny day use f/16, ISO 100 and 1/100 second or 1/the same as the ISO number or closest number. For example, at ISO 200 the shutter speed would be 1/200 second. For a half-moon or crescent moon, you will need much less exposure

Moon Shot Tips:
Be sure to have some detail on the moon. Even with a 500mm lens, in reviewing your histogram it can be very hard to see if you have a spike on the far right side. You might have just a sliver on the bright side of the moon that doesn’t have detail. To find out, turn on Highlight Alert to show “blinkies” for overexposure. Reduce exposure as needed until the Highlight Alert stops blinking to provide good exposure."

Moon Shot Tips:
Be sure to have some detail in the moon. Even with a 500mm lens, in reviewing your histogram it can be very hard to see if you have a spike on the far right side. You might have just a sliver on the bright side of the moon that doesn’t have detail. To find out, turn on Highlight Alert to show “blinkies” for overexposure. Reduce exposure as needed until the Highlight Alert stops blinking to provide a good exposure.

or, https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar-eclipse-photography.html

Best Wishes,
JimmyT Sends

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

I shoot at 400mm, with a slightly darker than sunny 16. Then bracket to preference.
I always handhold seeing as relatively high shutter speed is needed like any daylight shot on Earth during the day.

Bill_de Loc: US

Shooting the moon you probably have enough time to try every F/stop and shutter speed combination a camera can provide.

Start with Sunny 16 and work from there. It won't take long to find the exposure you like.

Since the subject will be well illuminated you don't need a high iso.

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Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

Just some encouragement. I had the same white ball issue. Even with a tripod. I got frustrated, read UHH and made adjustments as mentioned previously. I got this shot with a 200-500mm at 500mm, handheld leaning against my house. Photo was croppped and processed in Nikon NX2, and Photoshop Elements.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Spot meter on the moon, don't use any averaging metering.

Jack47 Loc: Ontario

What are you using as the camera?

armymsg

I just happened to shoot the moon last night. I used an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II with an adapted Nikon 200-500mm lens at 500mm. The adapter allows me to auto focus. Aperture mode, F8, ISO 200, WB auto, EV -1.3, Spot Metering. Handheld, but I braced the camera on the side of my house. There will be nights where you cannot get a clear image of the moon because of the atmosphere. On those nights I just quit and try another night. I also have a Nikon D610 and use the same settings when shooting the moon with the exception of EV which is usually around -1.0.

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Some links -

https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/tips-for-photographing-the-moon.html?cid=img_en_us:EML:LE:1162019:January:2018-01-07-MOONEmail:na:btn:article1&ET_CID=2603596&ET_RID=363565341&SC_ID=0032400000mYZXzAAO
https://www.lightstalking.com/bite-size-tips-photograph-moon/
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/howtophoto/index.htm
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/how-do-you-photograph-the-moon--26980