Moon shots

[nobigdeal]

I suck at moon shots.

I don’t know what I am doing wrong. I am using live view manually focusing the moon in perfectly clear and when i take the shot I get this…

Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 1000
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 72 dpi
Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
Software: GIMP 2.6.1
Date and Time: 2008:12:14 18:21:26
YCbCr Positioning: Centered
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Date and Time (Original): 2008:12:13 20:57:55
Date and Time (Digitized): 2008:12:13 20:57:55
Shutter Speed: 327680/65536
Sub-Second Time: 01
Sub-Second Time (Original): 01
Sub-Second Time (Digitized): 01
Color Space: sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution: 4438.356 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution: 4445.969 dpi
Compression: JPEG
Image Width: 2724 pixels
Image Height: 1776 pixels

That was the best one…most look like this:

Exposure: 0.25 sec (1/4)
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 1000
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution: 72 dpi
Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
Software: GIMP 2.6.1
Date and Time: 2008:12:14 18:22:09
YCbCr Positioning: Centered
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Date and Time (Original): 2008:12:13 21:05:52
Date and Time (Digitized): 2008:12:13 21:05:52
Shutter Speed: 131072/65536
Sub-Second Time: 04
Sub-Second Time (Original): 04
Sub-Second Time (Digitized): 04
Color Space: sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution: 4438.356 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution: 4445.969 dpi
Compression: JPEG
Image Width: 2496 pixels
Image Height: 1768 pixels

Any advice?

[sleeping]

You’re way, way overexposing these. Remember that the moon is actually being lit by direct sunlight, so the exposure you need is actually not that great. Not quite what you’d shoot at full sunlight during the day, but not far off – something like 1/125 at F11 at 100 ISO.

[nobigdeal]

You’re way, way overexposing these. Remember that the moon is actually being lit by direct sunlight, so the exposure you need is actually not that great. Not quite what you’d shoot at full sunlight during the day, but not far off – something like 1/125 at F11 at 100 ISO.

I should have figured that out by looking at the data for all the photos. The better ones had faster shutter speeds.

I’m going to try again later.

Thanks!

[jpatten]

http://photos.bahneman.com/tricks/article.php?story=20051007132635145

[nobigdeal]

http://photos.bahneman.com/tricks/article.php?story=20051007132635145

Thanks!

Unfortunately the clouds rolled in last night before the moon came out.

[nobigdeal]

Had a clear night last night.

Was very cold & windy but I managed to get a few decent shots in before frostbite set in.

[andyofne]

Had a clear night last night.

Was very cold & windy but I managed to get a few decent shots in before frostbite set in.

That is damn fine right there.

[Killerclaw]

what lens?

[jpatten]

200mm?

[orionid]

Seems I wasn’t the only one taking advantage of the clear skies saturday night. Only I think my focus was ever so slightly off. Nice detail – awesome shot!

[nobigdeal]

I used my 70-300. Not my favorite lens but it is the longest I have right now.

I took a few with the 70-200 but the 300mm ones actually came out better.

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