Moon tonight

damage

damage

Suspended / Banned
Messages
2,001
Name
John
Edit My Images
Yes
Hi, Took this shot of the moon tonight using the sigma 70-300mm @300mm, F8, iso 200, shutter 1/200 and d90 set on tripod. C+C welcomed :)

 
looks nice to me. Lots of cloud here, so no moon!
 
Looks good to me John.Pretty well all my moonshots are at full moon.Was hoping for some like yours,but been too cloudy here.
 
Nice one John. :thumbs: I was always curious how the same shot would turn out from a Sigma/Tamron compared to one I tried using a Nikon 70-300. I still take full moon shots but always prefer first/last quarter or crescent moons as you can get more shadows on the surface.
 
John, nicely done, you've got surface colour coming through in the mare, that's something I've had no success with at shorter focal lengths like this. There's some nice details along the line of the terminator too.
 
I'm not sure it's out of focus per se Rich... I've been trying to decide what it is... I was thinking too harsh a crop... if it was focus, I don't think you'd get all the smaller craters showing up in the ocean of storms, or the mountains just to the North of Copernicus
 
jgs001 said:
I'm not sure it's out of focus per se Rich... I've been trying to decide what it is... I was thinking too harsh a crop... if it was focus, I don't think you'd get all the smaller craters showing up in the ocean of storms, or the mountains just to the North of Copernicus
Click to expand...

Maybe a tiny bit of camera shake caused by the mirror? :thinking:
Was mirror lock-up used?

And RICH is my last name Mr 001 :naughty:
 
Thanks all for comments :) Not a shot i would normally do as i am mostly macro. The sigma is known for being "soft" at 300mm. As for mirror lockup the d90 does not have this feature (except for cleaning)
 
Trev Rich said:
Maybe a tiny bit of camera shake caused by the mirror? :thinking:
Was mirror lock-up used?

And RICH is my last name Mr 001 :naughty:
Click to expand...


:d oops sorry Trev
 
Its really looking awesome great work and really appreciated you for these.:love:
 
Thanks for the tip Del, I never knew about d10 either, though I have referred to the manual alot in the earlier weeks of use. I guess when different companies use different terminologies, it gets a bit lost in translation!:thumbs: Looking forward to trying again whenever this weather improves!

I also tend to turn off VR/OS when taking pics of moon using a tripod, seems to be a common tip I read when taking any tripod shots.
 
Hi everyone,
First - congratulations. Magic shot. I just tried the same thing right after reading this post....I may as well of shot a bowl of grey jelly.
I was wondering if anyone may have any ideas why there would be such a huge difference (sorry, I don't want to hijack this thread).
Anyway, I use a Canon EOS20d, the lens I used is Tamron 28-300, remote switch and tripod were used of course. Any thoughts appreciated.

Steve.
 
steveinhants said:
Hi everyone,
First - congratulations. Magic shot. I just tried the same thing right after reading this post....I may as well of shot a bowl of grey jelly.
I was wondering if anyone may have any ideas why there would be such a huge difference (sorry, I don't want to hijack this thread).
Anyway, I use a Canon EOS20d, the lens I used is Tamron 28-300, remote switch and tripod were used of course. Any thoughts appreciated.

Steve.
Click to expand...

My guess would be too long a shutter speed. Post the image and exif and I'm sure we can help.

Nice shot Damage - the old girl looked good tonight!
 
steveinhants said:
How do I post the exif? And is it ok to post it in this thread?
Click to expand...

Not my thread mate;) Doubt that Damage would mind but you can easily start a new one! Noise reduction and save for web will strip the exif, so just check the image properties before posting the image.
 
Thanks Damage, very kind of you.

_MG_3558.jpg
[/IMG]
 
Nice picture John but thought the weather was to bad for that to be taken tonight as I also live in St Helens then I realised it was taken on Wednesday :thumbs:
 
Best settings for shooting the moon manual exposure, try starting with aperture of f11 for optimum quality and shutter speed of 1/60 sec. it should be displayed in the histogram as a small peak around 75% way across to the right of the chart, if further across increase shutter speed,if left decrease shutter speed.
In addition I would select central af point use self timer mirror lock up and to stop camera shake a sturdy tripod.also set iso at 100. for minimum noise.
 
4391350271_410e66e4ec.jpg


Hope you don,t mind another pic. on your thread John.We got sunny St,Helens skys here last night so I managed to get a photo.It was almost full though.I would like to have got a shot when it was three quarters.
 
These shots have inspired me to have a go when we get some clear skies - wanted to try last night but too cloudy
 
Thanks for the comments. I am wondering if my tripod head was slipping very slowly? It is getting on a bit...I guess it could have been moving such a small amount, ie not enough for me to notice it but enough to give me this blurring. I was using the mirror lock up and a remote switch so that should help reduce blur from that side which I guess does narrow it down to the tripod head. Hmm. Cheers guys.
 
steveinhants said:
Thanks for the comments. I am wondering if my tripod head was slipping very slowly? It is getting on a bit...I guess it could have been moving such a small amount, ie not enough for me to notice it but enough to give me this blurring. I was using the mirror lock up and a remote switch so that should help reduce blur from that side which I guess does narrow it down to the tripod head. Hmm. Cheers guys.
Click to expand...

I used iso400 1/125 and f8 with my siggy 500mm f4.5 and got this a while back:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=145310&highlight=shooting+moon

I would have thought that 1/400 should have frozen the shot even with some slow movement. Prehaps the focus was slightly off:thinking: I would focus manually for this sort of thing. HTH
 
TBH I'm a bit stumped. I'd have another go when the moon is less full. A half moon will give more contrast which will help.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top