Hello fellow 365ers! I have a question and I am hoping someone here might be able to help me. How can I show more detail when photographing the moon? I am using a Canon Powershot S5 IS and I have tried all the different settings on the dial but the moon always comes out all white like below.
Can anyone help me with this??
low iso value 1600 or 3200 1/500 shutter speed at around F8 to F11,(these figures are a good start point although they do depend on how bright the moon is if its too bright just increase the shutter speed and you should get a good shot.)
In order to get this, I took 5 shots at different exposures on a tripod in manual mode with manual focus. Using photoshop (and youtube to figure out how to do it) I did a 'merge to HDR' of the 5 pictures. The computer pretty much does the rest and you just move the sliders around until you are happy with the colors/contrast. The yellowish tint was due to a boost in vibrance and saturation.
here since the moon is too bright here... shot it on an f/14 shutter is 10/300..... lower the exposure.. ^___^ and a tripod is your friend and of course your lens... =) check oujt my album, i have a bunch of moon shots.. =)
Shutter : 1/500 (try not to slower than 1/125)
Aperture : F9
ISO : 200
Focal length : 300mm
Color : B/W
Mode : Manual
Others : Tripod, Shutter cable and mirror lockup (optional)
The shutter speed and aperture were varies depending on the intensity of light source. Normally, you can get relatively faster shutter speed with full moon.
Try not to use shutter slower than 1/125, the moon moving faster than we expected.
You will get a quite dim moon photo from above setting (preserve surface detail), then you need to adjust the brightness and crop with Photoshop.
B/W is only my personal preference.
This is taken with my point and shoot - Panasonic DMC-TZ10 - hand held on automatic mode and the only post processing was to lighten it to change it from yellowy to white.
Mine is nowhere as good as most of these but I took it last night with a point & shoot, hand held. SOOC
The settings were a bit of a fluke, I just played until it worked.
Exposure: 0.01sec (10/1000)
Aperture: f/6.8
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 63.3mm
This was with a P&S camera that has a big zoom - I kept the ISO low (80) to reduce noise, and the shutter fast. Actually, like @mattyb, this one was a combination of multiple exposures with HDR software:
@positronicmommy Great shots - you can see that when you're shooting the moon, don't be mistaken into thinking it's dark, and you need lotsa light. The moon is reflecting the sun, so think daylight and shoot with a smaller aperture and faster shutter speed. You can set that manually on your camera, or if you have a "spot metering" setting, aim directly at the moon.
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these are the settings I used to get this
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Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO Speed: 200
Focal Length: 250 mm
In order to get this, I took 5 shots at different exposures on a tripod in manual mode with manual focus. Using photoshop (and youtube to figure out how to do it) I did a 'merge to HDR' of the 5 pictures. The computer pretty much does the rest and you just move the sliders around until you are happy with the colors/contrast. The yellowish tint was due to a boost in vibrance and saturation.
wow thats beautiful. Hadn´t thought of doing it as a HDR. I will definetely have to try that...
here since the moon is too bright here... shot it on an f/14 shutter is 10/300..... lower the exposure.. ^___^ and a tripod is your friend and of course your lens... =) check oujt my album, i have a bunch of moon shots.. =)
Exposure: 0.0167 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO Speed: 200
Focal Length: 250 mm
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Shutter : 1/500 (try not to slower than 1/125)
Aperture : F9
ISO : 200
Focal length : 300mm
Color : B/W
Mode : Manual
Others : Tripod, Shutter cable and mirror lockup (optional)
The shutter speed and aperture were varies depending on the intensity of light source. Normally, you can get relatively faster shutter speed with full moon.
Try not to use shutter slower than 1/125, the moon moving faster than we expected.
You will get a quite dim moon photo from above setting (preserve surface detail), then you need to adjust the brightness and crop with Photoshop.
B/W is only my personal preference.
@mattyb Your moon shot is great! I love it! :)
tripod, shutter remote and a beautiful clear night!
Mode - Manual
Focal Length - 300mm
Aperture - f/11
Shutter -1/640
ISO - 200
Obviously I cropped it, but that was the only editing I did.
The settings were a bit of a fluke, I just played until it worked.
Exposure: 0.01sec (10/1000)
Aperture: f/6.8
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 63.3mm
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/18.0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 250 mm
=)