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My First Moon :-}
My First Moon :-}
Quigley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP MF 500mm f/8.0 Catadioptic Adaptall
Location: Orillia Ontario Canada
Date: Sep 19, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Black and White, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2007

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Comments: 7
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 This is the first time I have taken shots of the moon. Done off my back deck with an old 500mm lense that was given to me by a friend.

He was the photographer who took our wedding photos and when he found out I was now into photography he asked me if I wanted his old 500mm lense and I took it.

This is the second time I've used it and I have a long way to go with it. This was fun to try.

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 10/24/2007 03:23:12 PM
very nice...i too just shot the moon for the 1st time...
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 09/25/2007 04:27:26 PM
Terrific detail.
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 09/23/2007 12:32:24 AM
The advice I got is to shoot the moon like it was a daylight shot - after all the moon is an excellent reflector, and it is reflecting the sun. Especially with a 500mm zoom, you should be able to shoot 1/60 to 1/250 and still get enough light and excellent detail. Your shot is excellent for first time out - it is oh so very, very easy to blow out the moon while everything else is black, or to blur it badly.
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 09/22/2007 01:48:14 PM
Jason's advice is sound. Use higher shutter speed, both to avoid the motion of the moon itself moving and to avoid camera shake (especially with such a big telephoto)
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 09/21/2007 09:28:20 PM
Nice moon, especially for your first try! A couple of things I have learned about taking moon shots is that 1 the moon is very bright and 2 it is moving really fast! I think you will be amazed if you bump up your ISO and shoot with a faster shutter speed. Here is a quote from the Internet which I have found to be true:

With exposures longer than 1/15 sec on a stationary camera, the moon's stately glide across the sky (at ~15 arc seconds per second) will be plenty fast enough to smear its shape and blur its features. An arc second here on Earth is a mile on the moon.

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 09/20/2007 11:40:47 PM
This is great for your first try. I can see the detail on the moon.
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 09/20/2007 11:34:40 PM
Nice! I like the detail you can see. Nice work!
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