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09/24/2005 04:38:34 PM · #1 |
i've been trying to take a photo of the moon... and i've failed.
how is it possilbe to capture the details of the moon like photos submitted by some of the photogs here? all i get is a big white ball.
does anybody have any tips?
i'm using a 20d and a 70-200 2.8 is
thanks
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09/24/2005 04:40:53 PM · #2 |
| try ISO200, F16, 1/125sec . Its a guess. So look at the results and you would know if you want to go higher or lower on shutter speed |
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09/24/2005 05:00:29 PM · #3 |
Hi!
have a look HERE
All the info you need, plus an exposure calculator which takes into account the phase of the moon. Hope it helps
Good luck dood! |
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09/24/2005 05:00:36 PM · #4 |
One problem is the movement of the moon.
You camera is probably trying to overcompensate for the percieved darkness of the scene.
When it takes an exposure over 1-2 seconds (or even less) 1. the moon will be overexposed and 2. the moon moves across the sky, and this will show a little motion blur in your shot.
As guarawa said, you'll have to set all your exposures for night shots manually, and just futz around till you get it right.
-edit typo
Message edited by author 2005-09-24 17:04:24.
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09/24/2005 05:03:30 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by cheekymunky:
Hi!
have a look HERE
All the info you need, plus an exposure calculator which takes into account the phase of the moon. Hope it helps
Good luck dood! |
Hey, I looked at that. It's talking about getting shots of landscape in the moonlight, not about shots OF the moon.
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09/24/2005 05:05:02 PM · #6 |
f 22
1/13 sec
iso 200
apature 8.92 while using a polarizer will get you a nice shot of the moon with lots of contrast and a very black background
Best thing to do is to take a tripod and use a fairly fast shutter on a low iso. (100-200) and well tinker with the shutter and apature until you get a shot you like. may take a while but is a way to learn. |
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09/24/2005 05:48:56 PM · #7 |
I took a shot of the moon recently for a recent challenge.
( comments welcome! :) )
Date: Sep 11, 2005
Aperture: 8
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/2
I also used a 10x zoom to try to focus right on the moon.
Basically my advice is try, try, try again until you get something you like. I probably took 15 - 20 shots of the moon with different apurture, shuter speed, film speed until I got one that I liked. |
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09/24/2005 07:59:17 PM · #8 |
The moon is illuminated by the sun, so, the sunny/f16 rule applies.
This will make the moon look quite dark, which it really is, only we don't perceive it that way because when we look up at the moon, it's so bright relative to everything around us.
Start with sunny/f16 and overexpose by about 1.5 to 2 stops.
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09/25/2005 11:45:08 PM · #9 |
| thank you everyone for helping out. u guys rock |
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09/26/2005 09:16:22 AM · #10 |
I'd not go with the sunny 16 rule myself for a few reasons, one being that the moon is not actually a terrestrial object lit through our atmosphere, but a (quite) highly reflective object in direct sunlight. Personally i'd just recommend adjusting your exposure using shutter speed in increments until you get a well exposed shot. There's no real advantage to using a narrower aperture than your maximum, or at least your lens' sharpest, because to all intents and purposes, the moon is an infinite distance away (optically). Using narrower apertures will just introduce diffraction artefacts.
This was taken at f/5.6 using iso 100, 1/160th of a second shutter (handheld as it happens).
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