Supermoon

[OldCarlos]

The 'supermoon' doesn't look that super because looking 14% bigger (the figure from the Telegraph article above) doesn't really mean very much.

For example, suppose we have a circle of 100mm in diameter. A circle 14% larger than this has a diamenter of a bit under 107mm, so hardly noticeable at all.

Dave

Virtually no noticeable difference to our eyes.
If you hold your arm out at full stretch in front of you & close one eye, you can still block the whole moon out with your thumb nail.

Cloudy & drizzle up here.

 

[Cobra]

Cloudy & drizzle up here.

I was lucky tonight, but that's usually the state of play when anything like this happens, down here

 

[Cobra]

Cloudy & drizzle up here.

I was lucky tonight, but that's usually the state of play when anything like this happens, down here

Well that was lucky indeed! 1 hour on from clear blue ( well ok night time black) skies, to absolutely hissing down here!
Edit thunder and lightning too!

 

[Shirleyr]

Got it, the detail is so interesting, the mountains and craters are so clear. Not a lot of effort was taken in this shot.

 

[OldCarlos]

Haha. that is one SUPER bright moon.

 

[Cobra]

Got it, the detail is so interesting, the mountains and craters are so clear. Not a lot of effort was taken in this shot.

You have to be careful with light pollution, from moomin city, they are buggers for turning on all the lights, when something like this happens

Try something like (shooting manual) f/11 and 1/250th, iso around 200, as a stating point, and adjust accordingly.
Don't forget although its dark out there, you are shooting at a very bright object.

 

[Nod]

Or spot meter off the Moon in whichever mode you fancy!

 

[OldCarlos]

& dial in some -EV.

 

[Shirleyr]

Yes, it was bright, I thought if I stare at it too long I'd go blind. Got Lumix FZ18 put it on starry night, pointed at the moon and fired. If it comes out tomorrow I could try a bit harder. Cheers for the advice, back in my good books.

 

[Nod]

I didn't bother. The X-T2 has adjustable AF/spot meter point sizes so I selected the smallest and aimed it at a bright part of the Moon. Seems to work. When I use the D750 and 70-300, I dial in a stop or 2 of underexposure and chimp to check! The EVF on the X-Ts also can be set to WYSIWYG as far as exposure goes so you can tell before you hit the button.

 

[viv1969]

You have to be careful with light pollution, from moomin city, they are buggers for turning on all the lights, when something like this happens

Try something like (shooting manual) f/11 and 1/250th, iso around 200, as a stating point, and adjust accordingly.
Don't forget although its dark out there, you are shooting at a very bright object.

Moomins? They're from Finland!
You're thinking of The Clangers.

 

[Cobra]

Cheers for the advice, back in my good books.

You're thinking of The Clangers.

b****r! seems I dropped one in that case