Full Moon

crf291

crf291

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We have the biggest full moon of the year tonight. How about we have a full moon picture thread? Post your best full moon pictures here. Anybody up for this?

I just took this one between the clouds rolling in.
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 300mm
tripod using 10 second timer

It looks a little soft to me?? I think it's due to my 70-300 lens zoomed all the way to 300mm.

1moon.jpg
 
LusbyMom

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You're a LOON :)
Very cool! I was out shooting the moon tonight but I haven't looked at them yet. I am sure they won't look like yours :lol:

I did see a shooting star :)
 
GWguy

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crf291 said:
We have the biggest full moon of the year tonight. How about we have a full moon picture thread? Post your best full moon pictures here. Anybody up for this?

I just took this one between the clouds rolling in.
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 300mm
tripod using 10 second timer

It looks a little soft to me?? I think it's due to my 70-300 lens zoomed all the way to 300mm.
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It doesn't look "soft" as much as there was a bit of movement. Shows up easy with a long lens. At 10 seconds, the moon moves a noticeable distance, enough to show up on a shot.
 
jbr13

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CRF, THere shouldn't be any motion blur from the moons movement in that since you shot it at 1/320 of a second. Looks like softness or maybe more toward camera moving a touch on the tripod.
 
wch

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jbr13 said:
CRF, THere shouldn't be any motion blur from the moons movement in that since you shot it at 1/320 of a second. Looks like softness or maybe more toward camera moving a touch on the tripod.
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At 300mm on a tripod at slower exposure speeds, the mirror in the DSLR can cause vibration when it moves up (mirror slap) It is really noticed in high contrast images.
 
GWguy

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jbr13 said:
CRF, THere shouldn't be any motion blur from the moons movement in that since you shot it at 1/320 of a second. Looks like softness or maybe more toward camera moving a touch on the tripod.
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I take back my comment. i saw the 10 second timer and thought 10 second exposure. It was late... i wasn't coherent.

It does still look like movement, but could have been anything. Long lens shows it up very easily.
 
Cowgirl

Cowgirl

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crf291 said:
We have the biggest full moon of the year tonight. How about we have a full moon picture thread? Post your best full moon pictures here. Anybody up for this?

I just took this one between the clouds rolling in.
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/320 sec
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 300mm
tripod using 10 second timer

It looks a little soft to me?? I think it's due to my 70-300 lens zoomed all the way to 300mm.

1moon.jpg
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That's amazing!
 
crf291

crf291

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This one i took as the sky was lighting up (around 7:15) this morning. I think the softness is the tripod moving. Last night it was windy, this mornings looks better. It was calm winds but i didn't have the tripod locked down tight as had i taken the shot this morning before i read the suggestions. Thanks and hopefully i will get out tonight for another try.

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crf291

crf291

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LusbyMom said:
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You can't rely on your cameras meter when taking moon shots. Another advantage of the digital is trial and error is cheap so play with your settings. But a better cheat for moon shots is the internet. check out
moon-exposure-calculator/ Go to Manual mode and dial up the suggested settings. This will get you real close then experiment with faster and slower shutter speeds.
 
MrX

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Shot from my backyard last night, 100% crop as i only have a 200mm lens. Need to get a longer lens or a teleconverter...lol.

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crf291

crf291

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It's cold tonight but i gave it one more try. Went in "live view" and magnified X10 and with the tripod locked tight i could still see the moon moving. I think this is the moon moving in the sky, not the camera on the tripod since it is a fairly heavy duty unit. The pictures did turn out better then last night. For a few i also upped the ISO to 200 which let me get the shutter speed up to 400. This was still at 300mm and a 75% crop.

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MrX

MrX

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crf291 said:
It's cold tonight but i gave it one more try. Went in "live view" and magnified X10 and with the tripod locked tight i could still see the moon moving. I think this is the moon moving in the sky, not the camera on the tripod since it is a fairly heavy duty unit. The pictures did turn out better then last night. For a few i also upped the ISO to 200 which let me get the shutter speed up to 400. This was still at 300mm and a 75% crop.
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Much better! :yay:
 
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