the moon inspired by Nikolai

sser

seen some amazing shots of the moon here thought id give it a go myself didn't get the detail i wanted tho but it was my first try so ill go easy on myself



Digital rebel
iso 100
6.3
1/100
300mm

morrisphotography2003

was this with a tripod or not because that is one of the things that can make a difference with some photographers, "me".Bob

Skippy

Very Good Attempt

sser wrote:

seen some amazing shots of the moon here thought id give it a go myself didn't get the detail i wanted tho but it was my first try so ill go easy on myself
Digital rebel
iso 100
6.3
1/100
300mm

I'm wondering if you hand held this shot too.... I see your using a 300mm, is your image cropped at all ?? I'm keen to know how close one can expect to get without cropping.......no mistaking that it's the moon thats for sure, even though the image is a tad blurry....... I am keen to have a go at shooting the moon myself......just got a new tripod yesterday

Thanks for sharing Sser, not bad at all for a first try, I bet you nail it the next time you attempt it.........Skippy (Australia)

Nikolai

Sser,
Thank you for your reference:-)
I think your shot is totally on par what I was getting inititally with my tamron 70-300.
I think the primary reason I eventually could get better ones was that I was able to use a much better lens (my boss's 100-400L IS USM). I did get a feeling that both USM and IS features helped a lot - AF was far more accurate and IS allowed me to shoot handheld.
Keep up trying! Moon is grownig:-)

sser

yes this shot was handheld I havnt seen the moon in 2 weeks!! it disapeared here on the gold coast, auz so when i saw it i had to snap a few.. Nikolai i wish i knew someone who had a sweet lens like you got but ill have to definately use a tripod next time i hear the full moons out next week so ill try then :

Nikolai

Check this out
"How to photograph the Moon with your digital camera"
http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,,3-10122-22-52482545-0,00.html