Lunar madness

lifesdisciple · November 30, 2006

I need some advice please. I have never tried to photograph the moon before but tonight I had a great shot at it. Had my camera on the tripod, zoomed in on the moon. Looked awesome. Could see every little detail. Now I shoot the pick and a big white, very bright, fluffy, over-exposed puffball is what I get. So I tried bracketing. Same. Tried AV, TV, P mode. Same. Tried stopping it down manually 2 stops. Same.:scratch Can anyone shed some light on the subject. Or take it away in this instance. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your time.

gluwater · November 30, 2006

Could you give a sample shot along with the Exif? Also if you do a search on Moon shots you will find many examples here.

lifesdisciple · November 30, 2006

gluwater wrote:

Could you give a sample shot along with the Exif? Also if you do a search on Moon shots you will find many examples here.

actually, i think i figured out what i did. i shot at a much to slow shutter speed. 1/10 sometimes i'm an idiot.

i'll shoot some new ones once the sky clears and post some. thanks for your help though.

evoryware · November 30, 2006

I see you figured it out, but I was already halfway through typing my post... I like taking moon pics. If you want to see the surface you need to have a fast shutter speed.

http://evosphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/1822446/4/100080255/Large

Cason · November 30, 2006

I like these settings:

ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Aperture: 8

David_S85 · November 30, 2006

Use Shay's Calculator
Shay's Moon Shot Calculator here.

lifesdisciple · November 30, 2006

Thanks everyone for the tips and thank you David for the great link.

Definitely see what I did wrong now.

Lunar madness

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