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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: boneaddict on March 29, 2008, 12:38:31 PM

Title: Moon shots
Post by: boneaddict on March 29, 2008, 12:38:31 PM: It seems like I already asked aobut his, but are there any great moon phorogrpahers out ther, or those with great moon photos? Any handy hints how to take them in the dark so you don't get a bright flashlight look. I know there are tricks and I don't know any. DOes somebody know and have the time to share.
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Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: burrheadcountry on November 10, 2009, 12:05:53 PM: I have a hard time getting them not to blurr or be to bright. I try to take pictures of the moon all the time and they never seem to turn out. Here are a few that I took Halloween night. Not to bad.

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Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: huntnphool on November 10, 2009, 12:22:38 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10123/theCabin.gif)
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: joebear on November 10, 2009, 12:37:19 PM: I have the same problem!!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 10, 2009, 12:39:30 PM: great pics guys
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Post by: Broken Arrow on November 10, 2009, 12:40:11 PM: not the greatest pic...and a long way from spike camp when it was dark.....but still it was cool
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on November 10, 2009, 12:52:50 PM: I have some of those..
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Post by: Broken Arrow on November 10, 2009, 01:01:13 PM: ross those are cool....would have been really cool to get that moon on top of that snag to make it look like a candle
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on November 10, 2009, 05:35:57 PM: Yeah, I love taking moon shots Bone. They are easy if you know the settings. You should have at least 800-1000mm or more of lens and you can use 2x and 1.4x converters because you are stopping down and the quality degradation doesn't show much. With your 400mm f2.8 you could use a 2x and a 1.4x stacked and that would give you about 1100mm at f8. If you stopped it down to f11 or f16 and put it on iso 400 at 1/125th you should be good. You need to remember to keep your shutter speed at 1/125th or faster because the moon is moving and the movement will show if you get much slower. Also, remember, your camera will want to overexpose the moon so you need to put it on manual and underexpose by 2 or 3 stops. Look at the screen and see if you got it right and adjust accordingly. Try it out!

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Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: halflife65 on November 10, 2009, 05:59:37 PM: Wow.
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Post by: swanny on November 10, 2009, 06:11:33 PM: Wow Pope, looks like you flew right by it!

Here are some of my attempts from a couple summers ago. I really need to get a new long lens...
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: cameraguy on November 10, 2009, 06:32:54 PM: Shawn, correct me if I'm wrong, but from the angle of the moon and the depth of the crater on the right side, it appears to me that you might have been standing in Oregon or real close to the Oregon-Washington border. Had a good time this weekend, can't wait to see some of your pics. Brute says to tell you he wants a cribbage rematch. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: sandythebowtotenmama on November 10, 2009, 06:36:44 PM: Really cool pic's and I have the same night time problem, but now I have a new digital that takes night photo's, now to learn how to use it ;)
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: Elkman on November 10, 2009, 06:54:15 PM: I like shooting in the evening when the moon is just rising and the sun is setting, usually around the 1st week of the month.
Here's mine from 2 months ago. Sorry, no Mountains. :)

Hey Shawn, did you go down south to the reserve? I'm going to try and make it on the 3rd weekend of Nov. if the stars align.

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Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on November 10, 2009, 06:58:03 PM: Very hard to do with a point and shoot unless there is alot of other light in the sky. The moon is a full sunlight object and takes a camera that you can manually set your cameras settings on. You will need daylight settings like Pope used on his shot. Even without the super telephoto you can still get moon detail but will loose forground detail. Set up using a tripod and bracket your shots. Take a lot of shots at different settings, write down what you do and after a few attempts you will have it figured out. It is not hard and it is a lot of fun :) :)
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: popeshawnpaul on November 10, 2009, 07:10:42 PM: Yeah, given that angle to the moon I suspect I shot that right around the steens in south oregon... :chuckle:

Yeah, I went down there Kirk. It was good times despite the fact that all we could find were some crummy little 175" bucks... ;)
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: Elkman on November 10, 2009, 07:40:56 PM: Quote from: popeshawnpaul on November 10, 2009, 07:10:42 PM
Yeah, given that angle to the moon I suspect I shot that right around the steens in south oregon... :chuckle:

Yeah, I went down there Kirk. It was good times despite the fact that all we could find were some crummy little 175" bucks... ;)

And the pictures are where?.............. ;)
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: swanny on November 10, 2009, 09:01:08 PM: Elkman, your photo rocks!!! :rockin: :rockin: :rockin: :brew: :brew: :brew: :llam: :llam: :llam:
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Post by: Elkman on November 11, 2009, 09:13:42 AM: ^ Thanks for that. :)
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Post by: tlbradford on November 18, 2009, 12:00:05 PM: Camera Model   Canon EOS 50D
Firmware   Firmware Version 1.0.7
Shooting Date/Time   9/6/2009 8:02:16 PM
Shooting Mode   Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )   0.5
Av( Aperture Value )   14.0
Metering Mode   Spot Metering
ISO Speed   100
Auto ISO Speed   OFF
Lens   EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length   280.0mm
White Balance Mode   Auto
AF Mode   One-Shot AF
Picture Style   Standard
Drive Mode   Self-Timer Operation
Live View Shooting   OFF

I haven't tried too many moon shots, but here is one from my early archery season. Bone, here are my settings, but it looks like I could have got a better photo following Pope's advice on shutter speed. This might have been the same day as Kirk's photo.
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: popeshawnpaul on November 18, 2009, 01:03:20 PM: Yeah, you need a little more umph with the moon than 280mm. It's nice to have 800mm or more...
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: DesertBighorn on November 18, 2009, 09:21:53 PM: I got some. This one would work with the "in the background" theme also.

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Another one, with the moon featured. :) At 1000mm.

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-Doug
Title: Re: Moon shots
Post by: halflife65 on November 19, 2009, 05:53:17 PM: Very cool, desert bighorn.