I'm shooting with a Canon Rebel XT and I have a remote for taking the shot.
The last time I was out, I used the RAW setting and ISO1600 and several aperature settings and timing
The pics that captured the clouds well had the moved overesposed a s bright ball of light.
The ones where the moon looked decent had a flat black background.
I'm only using the stock 18-55 lens and I have a 50mm prime.
What is the best way to take full moon shots, or moon shots in general?
What should I be using for a lens ideally?
Is the Tungsten setting fine for this, that seemed to give me the best shots?
I want to create those big beautiful pics of the moon where you can make out some definition and shading in the moon itself
with light cloud cover in the sky reflecting the moonlight and being able to capture the halo around the full moon.
How do I do this?
Thanks
The last time I was out, I used the RAW setting and ISO1600 and several aperature settings and timing
The pics that captured the clouds well had the moved overesposed a s bright ball of light.
The ones where the moon looked decent had a flat black background.
I'm only using the stock 18-55 lens and I have a 50mm prime.
What is the best way to take full moon shots, or moon shots in general?
What should I be using for a lens ideally?
Is the Tungsten setting fine for this, that seemed to give me the best shots?
I want to create those big beautiful pics of the moon where you can make out some definition and shading in the moon itself
with light cloud cover in the sky reflecting the moonlight and being able to capture the halo around the full moon.
How do I do this?
Thanks
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Re: Moon shots
Tue, January 9, 2007 - 10:36 PMI have had a long-time love affair with capturing images of the moon. It is very difficult to get images with the moon and other subjects properly exposed in the same frame. The moon's exposure is only a bit darker than bright daylight, so I usually use an ISO of 200 and shoot at 1/160 @ f13 (give or take a bit depending on atmospheric conditions and phase). Now at this exposure, everything else is black. So if you want the scenery AND the moon, one of the easiest ways is to tripod the camera and shoot one exposure for the moon, and one exposure for the scenery. You can then stitch the properly exposed moon over the blown out one using photoshop.
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Re: Moon shots
Mon, January 29, 2007 - 9:36 AManything less than 1/125 of a sec and you will have blur as both the moon and the earth are moving and at different speeds therefore faster shutter speeds are imperative. Rodney summed it up best.
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