Seeking help here. I happened to look out of the window, and saw this beautiful orange moon just rising above the hills. By the time I googled shooting the moon, put on the wrong lens, realised I'd googled how to get a close up of the moon. It had well and truly risen. I know I did this completely wrong. On my first attempt my shutter speed was far too slow and you could see it moving. How do you capture a moon in the landscape - what settings do you start with?
I am the wrong person to ask about how to shot the moon. I really love the moon like this. But I have been on 365 for over 6 years so I can't tell you how many moon close-ups I have seen. So I love a well-shot moon picture the way we see the moon. But I understand that a close up of the moon is on most everyone's list and I took one several years ago. So I wish you all the luck.
I got the whole thing wrong to start off with. Then realised if you had a wide aperture (low 2.8 or less) it would let too much light in. So you have to choose an aperture like f8 or more and a speed of 1000 and an iso of around 200 to get it right. Holding it very steady is good too!
@kipper1951@helstor@inthecloud5@joansmor@maggiemae@santina Thanks everyone for your input. I will check out the links in the morning, and keep my fingers crossed, we have another clear night. I just wasn't expecting it, I looked out of the window just as this huge orange orb was coming up from behind the hills.
Try is link, do a search for photographing the moon. There are a number of tips here. :-)
This is just a starting point for experimentation. Shoot early while there still is some light on the foreground and in the sky (blue hour).
But hang on -this is a wonderful moon shot!