This is my first attempt at taking a picture of the moon.
It didn't come out well at all, as you can see! Can someone tell me how you get a real close up of the moon? With it's craters visible? Thanks in advance!
A usually foolproof way is to set your camera to spot metering, ISO 100, Av mode at f/8, and see how it turns out. The exposure should be close enough that you can then simply use exposure compensation one way or the other to dial it in how you want.
One of the most important things to remember is that you're shooting "sunlight" (reflected, yes, but sunlight all the same). Spot metering, as Jeremy mentioned is a good starting point, but just in general remember that if you want to see the craters, you cannot shoot while in the "night-time" mind set; otherwise, the moon will always end up over exposed. Shoot as if it were daytime (that will get the moon right, but then the trick is to balance things to get the rest right).
I've also used the timer mode on my camer so that I do not have to press the shutter and risk shaking the camera on the tripod. A trick someone else told me about at a photo workshop.
@aviva Here's mine, shot on the Wednesday. 400mm telephoto (=640mm on camera), sturdy tripod, timed or shutter release, spot meter on moon, under-exposed by one stop, f/11-ish, breath held, fingers crossed:
Aliens and bright moonlight added post process ;-)
I learned that a properly exposed shot of the moon, one that will give the best detail of the moon is f 8 @ 1/60 sec. exposure. It sounds like a short exposure but it works. For a shot in the light of the moon that gives you pretty much a "daylight" shot is I tthink 9 seconds? I'm sure someone out there knows .
@robentley1 To the right of your pic there should be a 'share' option. Copy the code underneath and paste it here :) @jtokay@aikiuser@marubozo Thanks guys! It's monsoon over hear and the sky has been overcast so I haven't been able to take a picture of the moon yet.
@aviva that is what the color of the moon was when I took the picture (reason for running back into the house to get the camera)
exposure - 1/60
aperture - 5.6
ISO 400
focal length - 250mm
Here is my orange moon. Had the hubby stop the car when I saw the color. Poor me took the tripod out last week so I tried staballizing on the roof with a mint tin holding my 75-300 lens up. Set aperature to 10 ISO to 100 & shot on bulb to get different exposures.
Here is another moon shot I actually used my tripod for:
And this was my 1st good moon shot:
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One of the most important things to remember is that you're shooting "sunlight" (reflected, yes, but sunlight all the same). Spot metering, as Jeremy mentioned is a good starting point, but just in general remember that if you want to see the craters, you cannot shoot while in the "night-time" mind set; otherwise, the moon will always end up over exposed. Shoot as if it were daytime (that will get the moon right, but then the trick is to balance things to get the rest right).
Aliens and bright moonlight added post process ;-)
and one of the lunar eclipse...
@jtokay @aikiuser @marubozo Thanks guys! It's monsoon over hear and the sky has been overcast so I haven't been able to take a picture of the moon yet.
Here is my first attempt at shooting the moon with my new camera
exposure - 1/60
aperture - 5.6
ISO 400
focal length - 250mm
Here is my orange moon. Had the hubby stop the car when I saw the color. Poor me took the tripod out last week so I tried staballizing on the roof with a mint tin holding my 75-300 lens up. Set aperature to 10 ISO to 100 & shot on bulb to get different exposures.
Here is another moon shot I actually used my tripod for:
And this was my 1st good moon shot: