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09/07/2006 12:20:56 AM · #26 |
I took this one a few months ago,
I do not remember exact settings but it would be somewhere around f/11 around 2 seconds.
Message edited by author 2006-09-07 00:22:06.
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09/07/2006 12:47:18 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by jemison:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
The moon is just another sunlit object, so the "sunny f16" rule applies, but you probably don't want the true color of the moon, because it's actually a very dark grey. Try f8 and 1/80 or so.
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I have been told by more than one person who is in a position to know (Ctein, if you want to check his cred. out) that you should actually open up one stop for a proper moon exposure, so it would actually be "sunny f/11" rule. I had prior to that thought the sunny f/16 was correct.
BTW if the moon is actually a very dark grey, why doesn't it look that way reflecting normal sunlight? Just curious. |
Sunny f16 will show you close to the actual dark grey color of the moon. It's not what I used, nor is it what I recommend for moon images.
Since usually the goal is to reproduce what we "see" when we look at the moon, we need to push it a stop or two brighter.
The reason that when you look at the moon at night it doesn't appear dark grey is an issue of relative brightness. Typically, at night the irises in our eye are quite dilated to compensate for the low illumination. Since the moon is sunlit, in a sense, our eyes "overexpose" for the moon, making it appear silvery white. |
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09/07/2006 12:57:30 AM · #28 |
I know your question and the advice in this thread center around exposure but I have a few other items you may find helpful.
Besides getting the right exposure, you may want the photo to be as crisp as possible. It turns out that heat in the atmosphere causes the atmosphere itself to blur your image. To minimize this, shoot in colder temperatures (to minimize the heat distortion) and shoot while the moon is as high as possible in the sky (to minimize the distance light has to travel through the atmosphere). These will make a noticeable difference in the clarity of your focus!
It may be obvious but use the steadiest tripod you can lay your hands on and use a remote shutter trigger or the timer function of your camera to prevent camera shake.
Again it may seem obvious but use the longest good lens you can lay your hands on. I have gotten "pretty good" results with a 200mm lens coupled to a 2x converter. Mating your camera to a real telescope would be ideal if you can swing it.
Finally, if you want well defined craters in the photo, don't shoot a full moon but rather shoot a half full moon. The light will be coming from the side (tangent to the nearest part of the moon) and the crater walls will cast nicely defined shadows. You can see this effect very well near the bottom of  spazmo99's photo.
Good luck. Show us your take when you're ready!
Message edited by author 2006-09-07 19:31:24. |
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09/07/2006 01:06:05 AM · #29 |
mystopia, have you been reading hitchhikers again?
What a great little thought about astrology from Trillian.... I would have loved to watch a similar interview between a girl with a PhD in Astrophysics and an astrologer immediately after the discovery of a new planet...
unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be directly applicable to the Pluto situation because the object was there before and after the decision was made regarding its status. Astrology would be unaffected by it...
It would theoretically be affected possibly by the discovery of the two farther smaller planets and a new classification for them though... ;)
Probably the easiest answer would be, "And that's why we have been making so many mistakes in the past... more knowledge like this will only improve our astrological predictions..."
heh. |
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09/07/2006 05:57:44 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
I appreciate the exposures mentioned here in this thread. I shot the moon tonight with my 30D and the Bigma. Set the ISO at 200, and the shutter speed at 1/250. I think it turned out pretty good for just resting the camera on a rail (tripod was in the truck).
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Very nice. I think tonight is full Moon. Might try the tripod myself tonight. The IS is helping and I'm sure I couldn't hold it steady without it at 300MM. |
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09/07/2006 06:18:18 AM · #31 |
for those interested, sorry if its been said:
BIG FULL MOON: Tonight's full moon is the closest and biggest of 2006.
Why? The Moon's orbit is lopsided: one side is closer to Earth than
the other. When the Moon turns full on Sept 7th, it will be on the close
side, making it seem a bit wider than usual. Look for the extra-wide
Moon rising in the east at sunset--very pretty.
from spaceweather.com |
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09/07/2006 06:54:46 PM · #32 |
In the Western Hemisphere, tonight (Thursday) will be just past full, at about 98% waning gibbous. The exact full moon was just about four hours ago (11:41 PDT) -- see my earlier post for some handy links to find out when stuff happens in your time zone.
As usual in the Bay Area we get fog/overcast in the summer season, so the moon was mostly in hiding last night. I did manage to step out on the porch and take this during some moments of partial clearing -- the light area at the bottom side is a wall (lit by fill-flash), not the Milky Way : )
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09/07/2006 07:00:27 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
In the Western Hemisphere, tonight (Thursday) will be just past full, at about 98% waning gibbous. The exact full moon was just about four hours ago (11:41 PDT) -- see my earlier post for some handy links to find out when stuff happens in your time zone. |
And earlier on here in Ireland we were lucky enough to witness a partial lunar eclipse at moonrise. And it was clear skies!
Looked absolutely stunning. |
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09/07/2006 07:02:59 PM · #34 |
| Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has a wonderfully oversaturated view of the moon by a very talented astrophotog (not me!). |
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09/07/2006 07:07:28 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has a wonderfully oversaturated view of the moon by a very talented astrophotog (not me!). |
A 15-image composite -- not a 5-minute post-processing job like most of my challenge entries : )
Originally posted by jhonan:
And earlier on here in Ireland we were lucky enough to witness a partial lunar eclipse at moonrise. And it was clear skies!
Looked absolutely stunning. |
When do we get to see?
Message edited by author 2006-09-07 19:08:23. |
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09/07/2006 07:10:00 PM · #36 |
Here's a shot (not mine) of the partial lunar eclipse we had tonight;
//www.perseus.gr/Astro-Eclipses-2006-09-07.htm
The most interesting bit for me wasn't the Earth's shadow, but the apparent size of the moon and the weird colour. |
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09/07/2006 07:12:00 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
When do we get to see? |
Well, considering it's the first clear night we've had in about 4 weeks... (okay, now I've doomed us to 4 more weeks of cloud) I'd forgotten about the eclipse. It was only when I left the shopping centre and noticed the moon I remembered it.
Needless to say I didn't have a scope, tripod, binoculars or camera handy... :-/
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09/07/2006 07:12:58 PM · #38 |
| Thanks -- lots of detailed info there. |
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09/07/2006 07:22:18 PM · #39 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Thanks -- lots of detailed info there. |
No prob. By the way, if you're interested in astrophotography, this guy has some great stuff on his site. //www.perseus.gr
For example, this is what happens when you photograph the sun from the same position at the same time every week for a year;
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09/07/2006 07:33:50 PM · #40 |
WOW!!!
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Thanks -- lots of detailed info there. |
No prob. By the way, if you're interested in astrophotography, this guy has some great stuff on his site. //www.perseus.gr
For example, this is what happens when you photograph the sun from the same position at the same time every week for a year;
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09/07/2006 07:36:59 PM · #41 |
I definitely need a better camera before I'm going to get anything decent. Coincidentally this was shot this evening, before I saw this thread, using my Panasonic FZ5. I must say it came out awful - especially the red ring.
Resize showing that 420mm lens is nowhere near good enough for this:
100% crop, showing red ring and lots of noise, even at iso 80:
The moon really was that colour when I took the shot, but the sky was still much more blue than black.
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09/07/2006 08:03:03 PM · #42 |
a collage of a total lunar eclipse. It was amazing the difference in exposure required, I believe (although I have the originals on another computer) it ranged from 1/500th of a second to 2 seconds.
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09/07/2006 08:14:35 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by strangeghost:
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day has a wonderfully oversaturated view of the moon by a very talented astrophotog (not me!). |
A 15-image composite -- not a 5-minute post-processing job like most of my challenge entries : )
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I have just had a discussion on that Astronomy photo on a Canon forum and we doubt anyone will get a better image than that, here is a link to a 15meg version of the image
//ncarboni2.home.att.net/Moon_Hypersaturated.jpg
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09/07/2006 09:11:58 PM · #44 |
Here is one I just took from my deck tonight
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09/07/2006 09:17:04 PM · #45 |
Am I the only one shooting the moon from the Southern hemisphere? I never really thought about the fact that my moon would be upside down compared to everyone else's.
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09/07/2006 09:46:22 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
Am I the only one shooting the moon from the Southern hemisphere? I never really thought about the fact that my moon would be upside down compared to everyone else's. |
nonono
the moon isn't upside down .. you are
now don't fall off .. ;) |
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09/08/2006 02:08:55 PM · #47 |
Over the next several days the photo opportunities will be better for taking pictures of the Moon. The sun light will be striking at an angle and the mountains and craters will cast shadows that will make seeing them easier. Here is one of my photos with some of the major areas named.
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09/08/2006 02:49:56 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by rex:
Originally posted by mystopia:
I put a polarizer on my lens and got wonderful shots of the moon! |
Will a polarizer get rid of clouds?
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No, silly. The moon doesn't have any clouds. ;-) |
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09/09/2006 12:41:22 AM · #49 |
WOW... never attempted a "real" moonshot before ... I can't believe that I could take a picture this good ... thanks to everyone for the guidelines .. can't wait to try again tomorrow night!!! |
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09/09/2006 12:43:20 AM · #50 |
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