It took me a couple months to get better at moon shots! Try manual mode and keep experimenting.
The pics that came out reasonably well were at the following settings: Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/5.6. (Try 1/400 to avoid blur since the moon is moving, and f/11 aka the Lunar 11) Focal Length 300 mm Exposure Bias -1/3 (adjust shutter speed and aperture in small increments) ISO 100 Mode: Aperture Priority (try manual mode)
Use spot focus through the viewfinder or use the 10x magnifier feature if using the lcd screen.
This flock of crows was flying low to avoid the winds that picked up as the weather system moved out. My settings were for the sunset clouds resulting in lots of dynamic motion blur.
This caught my eye after lunch at Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, CA. Stitched two portrait shots from my dad’s old Canon T2i. He was a photobug and I proudly caught it from him.
Thanks for your post as I’ve been using my dad’s old Canon T2i and loving it. I’ve struggled with low light conditions but it’s been great in daylight and product-type photos. I’ve been happy with stitching together multiple images to get more detail after using DPP4 to remove lens distortion except for when I’m using a non-Canon lens. I’ve attached an example from stitching two images together.
I like it! I’ve had the same challenge of being too close. I’ve been pretty happy with overlapping a bunch of portrait shots using Photoshop to put them together. One of these days I’ll remember to include a lot of extra space around the edges for cropping.