shooting the moon

[McBunny]

its a crap lense though very soft at full zoom really need a 400L with 2x tele

but its alright

 

[Jay-R]

Thats mighty impressive!

 

[McBunny]

ta chuck could be alot better if it was alonger focal length and L glass

 

[2005_dynamique]

Niiiice pics, the first thing that came to mind when i saw your title was Shooting the moon in GTA to make it change size lol

 

[McBunny]

Niiiice pics, the first thing that came to mind when i saw your title was Shooting the moon in GTA to make it change size lol

i tried but the police turned up

 

[Dafthead]

Hmmm, 400mm and L glass, expensive ;-()

 

[Final Maxim]

Niiiice pics, the first thing that came to mind when i saw your title was Shooting the moon in GTA to make it change size lol

ditto

 

[McBunny]

yes i know about 4500 last time i looked lol but a 300 with 2x tc would be alright

 

[Rhino172]

what settings did you use on the camera? I've tried a few times but never get a result as clear as yours....plus I'm assuming you have zoomed in and cropped the pic a bit?

 

[McBunny]

yes its only 300mm lense so cropped to get it full image you gonna need alot o zoom 800+

handheld
300mm
1/500sec
f8
iso-400

in full manual

the moon is supprisingly bright !

 

[Rhino172]

yes its only 300mm lense so cropped to get it full image you gonna need alot o zoom 800+

handheld
300mm
1/500sec
f8
iso-400

in full manual

the moon is supprisingly bright !

thats the problem I was having...just kept coming out as a bright white circle! lol I managed to get a few after playing with thw shutter speed (can't remember wht I ended up with now) but still not as defined as yours..

thanks for the info, I'll give it another go at some point!

 

[McBunny]

those 2 pictures are the same image the second has just had some unsharpen mask

 

[McBunny]

very easy to end up like this though

 

[The Hoff]

Ah the Sea of Tranquility, love the prominent impact crater and debris you can see.

 

[Rhino172]

very easy to end up like this though

lol thats exactly what I was getting!

 

[unofficialPete]

Great shots! A bit of USM and its very sharp.

Rhino172 - You need to shoot fully manual unless your camera has a spot meter as it will see lots of dark with a small bright blob and choose to expose for the dark and blow out the moon. Stopping the lens down to a higher f/number (f8 - f11) will help give you a sharper image as well...