@summerfield yes, handheld. I don't own a tripod and unfortunately the moon wasn't in a good enough position for me to use the top of the deck railing for stability.
A great moonshot. I always take my shots of the moon handheld. I always forget about the full moon and then don’t have time to get the tripod out in the dark! We had cloud and rain so missed the full moon.
I think you did a good job! When I'm shooting the moon handheld I usually bump the iso up to 400 that way the shutter doesn't pick up the camera shake as much. To me it looks like you achieved the same results I would. I then add some extra sharpening in post-processing. So- nice job on this one!
Your Powershot should be very similar to mine- I have the SX50HS which is what I take all my moon shots with. So here are the settings I use- Set the dial on the top of your camera to AV. On the dial with little flower, press the center button and make sure your camera is set to daylight. The moon does not make its own light. It's reflecting the sun so that is why you set the light balance to daylight. If you want to have some fun with the color of the moon you can change this setting to Tungsten for a blue tint or florescent for a yellowish tint. On the outer ring of this dial, at the top you will see a setting with a plus and minus. If you press on that section a scale will appear on your screen. You can adjust this to brighter by moving the setting on the plus side or you can darken the picture by moving it to the minus side. If the moon is particularly bright I usually adjust this scale to the minus side so that more details come out on the craters of the moon. At the bottom of this outer dial you will see the letters ISO. When you push on that part of the dial a different scale will appear that shows you the numbers 80 to 3200 (maybe higher on your model). You can move this setting up and down the scale as well. When I'm using a tripod I set this to 200 but when I'm shooting handheld I set it to 400. My guess is that yours is set to AUTO. Any one of these settings can be put back to the way you usually shoot after you're done taking your moon shots but the nice thing about the AV setting is that it gives you a little more freedom with your photos. You can set the ISO and the camera will automatcially adjust the shutter speed and aperature. It's pretty close to AUTO but a little more artistic so to speak. As for post-processing you have some tools available to you through Picmonkey. You do have to upload your picture here first but once you do you can choose the option "edit with Picmonkey" from the menu to the right of your picture. 365 will then send your photo over to Picmonkey where you can sharpen it and edit the contrast and exposure to bring out more details of your moon shot if you want to. Once you've done that you save the picture and Picmonkey sends it back to 365. Don't be afraid to try it- with any stage of the moon. This is a great place to learn!
A great photo of the moon. Kathy, I think Ann has given you some great info here. I always shoot the moon hand held (Manual settings) and I think you have done a fantastic job here.
@olivetreeann I thank you so much for all this info however I feel you have wasted your time as you lost me in the third sentence. I can find a dial to set it to AV then thats it. 😂😂
@kjarn Send me a picture of the top of your camera and the back of your camera. The layout of my camera might be a little different than yours and I will make the instructions a little more user-friendly. They are really not as hard as they sound. You can do this!
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June 8th, 2020
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