Shooting the moon

[Gunsotsu]

I've got dozens of shots of the moon on my hard drive. I think I'm obsessed. Looking to build a telescope soon and have a adapter for my camera.

Sad thing is, I have to crop my moon shots to get anything worth it with my current kit.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunsotsu/373704267/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/373704267_4edbcfe39b.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="365: 28JAN07" /></a>

[Nicole]

Yeah, you have to do a lot of cropping with a 300mm lens to get anything of a decent size...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=315311047" title="The Moon"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/103/315311047_918ad8e581.jpg" title="The Moon" alt="The Moon" width="499" height="500" /></a>

[RandomConnections]

What kind of telescope are you planning to build? A Dobsonian? If so, take pictures of that, as well!

Although not obsessed about it, I do like to shoot the moon, too. Below is one shot I took through a very old Celestron C-90:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomconnections/370131235/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/370131235_f1342530c2.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="full moon 2 Photoshopped" /></a>

Here's the setup, with my Nikond D50 attached:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomconnections/372490398/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/372490398_08d9aa105a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Nikon D50 attached to Celestron C-90" /></a>

[Gunsotsu]

Actually considering a collapsible Newtonian, but I'm open to anything.

[Saralonde]

I do not have a good moon shot, but the one I have was taken with the Sigma 70-300mm, too, also cropped.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23733128@N00/373867003/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/373867003_f48992f78e.jpg" width="480" height="346" alt="Full Moon" /></a>

It's harder to do than I thought.

[Digidave]

This is my 3rd attempt at this. Tonight I took about 15 pics at different f/stops & exposure times. I got 1 decent one. Taken at 1/125 secs. at f/11. Converted to B/W & a touch of Unsharpmask. Taken with a Tamron Lens at 300mm with cropping.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/digidave/378042201/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/378042201_06e073dc2f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_1636" /></a>

[wulf]

I did some more playing around last night but, with only the 18-55mm kit lens on my D40 at the moment, I think I'm going to have to wait for one of those nights when the moon seems to hang pendulously low in the sky! The results were better than the night before but nothing approaching those above.

Wulf

[kunaldaswani]

Shot with my power Shot S3IS using a sepia filter.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kunaldaswani/482347925/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/482347925_03713e7260.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Moon" /></a>

[inkista]

Gunsotsu, don't worry about the cropping. Hell, I have to crop even with my 400mm lens:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/215442757_43590aec56.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkista/215442757/)

Rebel XT. EF 400mm f/5.6L USM.
f/5.6. 1/560s. ISO 400. Tripod & tripod collar. mirror-lockup. timer.

I highly recommend playing with a tripod, timer, and mirror-lockup functions for this, and going for a faster shutter speed to eliminate camera shake. Even though you're shooting at night, remember that the moon is a bright sunlit object--you can probably go with a higher shutter speed, lower iso, and smaller aperture than you think.

Also, if you're not using a super-sharp L zoom, I'd recommend stopping down to f/8, and backing off a little from the extreme end of the range, to get the best sharpness you can out of your lens. It did wonders when I used my old 75-300.

[Firemaine]

Took this one last night. Still working with the setting. We have clear skys tonight, so I will be shooting it again. This time with a tripod.
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: 55-200mm F/4-5.6 G
Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/100 sec - F/16
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 800

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scfd/483094967/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/483094967_fddc9d1938_o.jpg" width="320" height="377" alt="Moon7" /></a>

[Firemaine]

Got this last night as the moon was just rising. I do like the colors.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scfd/483363750/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/216/483363750_dad3695ef9.jpg" width="500" height="392" alt="Moon Rise" /></a>

Nikon D40
2007/05/03 22:14:15.8
JPEG (8-bit) Normal
Image Size: 1583 x 1240
Color
Lens: 55-200mm F/4-5.6 G
Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
5 sec - F/8
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200

This was after the moon cleared the clouds.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scfd/483837278/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/483837278_07292e72b3_o.jpg" width="445" height="572" alt="Moon 8" /></a>

Nikon D40
2007/05/03 22:28:30.9
JPEG (8-bit) Normal
Image Size: 445 x 572
Color
Lens: 55-200mm F/4-5.6 G
Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/80 sec - F/8
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 400

[matthewchj]

First try at lunar photography...

EOS 350D
ISO 100
f/11
1/100 Shutter
Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 III at 300mm
Hoya UV filter
Monopod
Cropped
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/483874850_cb2fb6a2cc.jpg

[svenblom]

Hi! Like this thread, also just tried to shoot the moon a couple of days ago, and now i found this forum. Nice...what do you guys think about it? I will shoot agian on the first clear night here..

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenmoniek/486108934/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/486108934_57a0459f60_o.jpg" width="498" height="498" alt="fullmoon" /></a>

Canon EOS 300d + Sigma 70-300 APO
f 5,6, 1/160s, ISO 100 @ 300 MM

[ari4u]

I have been visiting this forum frequently for a while now. This is my first post here. Here are some pictures of the moon i took. All pictures are tight crops. Some post-processing was involved with PhotoShop.

http://shutterhappy.ari4u.com/blog/pixie/moon/moon001.jpg
http://shutterhappy.ari4u.com/blog/pixie/moon/moon002.jpg

Earthshine at twilight
http://shutterhappy.ari4u.com/blog/pixie/moon/moon011.jpg
If you are interested in more pictures, you can find them here (http://shutterhappy.blogspot.com/2007/02/once-in-blue-moon.html) in a little post i had put up on my blog.

[sitectrl]

here is a shot of the moon taken with a canon S2 IS without a tripod. crop to center the moon.

<img src="http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=711&stc=1&d=1178507506
moon.jpg">

[wulf]

I haven't quite mastered it yet - even the slightly extended range of the lens I am borrowing at the moment (Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC MACRO) doesn't get me as close as I would like. However, that extra 20mm over the kit 18-55mm on my Nikon D40 is still an improvement, even if still not a patch on some of the other shots here:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wulf/489599973/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/489599973_23b9592565_o.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Moon #2" /></a>

Taken at 70mm - see Flickr for EXIF (http://www.flickr.com/photo_exif.gne?id=489599973) data.

Wulf

[jiminyClickit]

wulf,

150 x 150? Arrggghhhh!

[wulf]

That's as good as it gets unless we get one of those nights where the moon seems to hang really low or I get some way of zooming in closer.

Wulf

[Mental_McClean]

First post to the forums!

Here's a shot I got during the eclipse 03/03/07. Other sizes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesmcclean/409830722/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/409830722_5f75e3825d.jpg

[svenblom]

First post to the forums!

Here's a shot I got during the eclipse 03/03/07. Other sizes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesmcclean/409830722/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/409830722_5f75e3825d.jpg

nice one, bu cant you get is any sharper with photoshop, on the full size the moon is still kinda blurry...

[moracca]

Here's my go at it...
Took me a lot of messed up shots before I realized I needed to use the self timer to keep the tripod from shaking as I push the button :P


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/511688803_937ea22e36.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8156881@N03/511688803/)

[suwannee_river]

I took this in Auto Mode
Canon S2 IS

Shutter Speed 1/8 sec
Lens Aperture F3.5
F-Number F3.5
Exposure Time 1/8 sec.

I didn't use a tripod didn't had one with me that night I was in town.

[urgirlie13]

Hmmm... Most of the time when I take picture of the Moon I only get blurry white blobs, but I took about 20 tonight, but I wasn't really changing my settings much so they all look the same, but any advice would help. I need to get a tripod : /


Here's four of mine...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarah_dutton/515659038/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/515659038_e22029c04e.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Moon" /></a>


(I use a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H2, 6MP, 12x Optical Zoom)

[Potr8]

Had a chance to shoot the Moon in the morning before I went to office at 6 AM. After taken 40x shots with standard Canon PS S3 IS (no filter & no tripod), I selected 3 of them with different exposures. Layered those 3 photos in photoshop, curve, sharpen and crop.

Here is the face of the Moon from my home in Jakarta, Indonesia.


<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karya_sac/530803927/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/530803927_19673950c6.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Moon in the Morning" /></a>

[Shoeless]

My 1st try -
April Fool's Day (Full Moon was April 2nd)

http://shoeless.phanfare.com/show/external/245511/326761/15907234/file.jpg

The moon was still waxing to full, but a clear night so I shot. Many different settings, handheld (didn't have a tripod yet), 18-250mm lens. This one came out best; unfortunately, I didn't have a good editing program then & Picasa stripped the EXIF data so I have to go thru the same experimental process next time. :o


Below is some moon trivia I found for those preparing to give this a try:

Next Full Moons- June 30/ July 30/ Aug 28/ Sep 26/ Oct 26/ Nov 24/ Dec 24


Honey Moon
The June full moon was called the Mead or Honey moon. The name derives from the hives being full of honey at this time of the year. The honey would have been fermented and made into mead. Traditionally, a honey drink was taken after wedding ceremonies held on the Summer Solstice. This is the derivation of 'honeymoon'.

Blue Moon
Due to the moon's cycle being 29½ days, there are occasionally - as in July 2004 - two full moons in one month (only happens on average every 2.7 years). Then the second moon of the month is called a 'blue moon'. The next blue moon will be in June 2007. There will be two blue moons in 2018.

Dark Moon
When two new moons occur in a month, the second is called a 'dark moon'. The new moon is also sometimes called the dark moon - at this phase there is no illumination on the earth's side.

Harvest Moon
The full moon nearest to the Autumn Equinox is called the 'Harvest moon'. This is because for several nights it appears large and bright in the early evening, bringing farmers valuable extra time to gather in their harvest. The Celtic year was once divided into 13 months - one for each moon occuring during the year.

[Saralonde]

Interesting info about the moons, Shoeless.

[rediguana]

This is an image I took three years ago with my 10D and Meade ETX90 telescope. The image hasn't been cropped so the moon is about full frame. The effective focal length is 1250mm at f13.8. I didn't use mirror lockup, timer, or even a remote shutter - which is why is it a little blurry. I have just recently got my telescope back from being fixed, so will try and get a sharper picture.

Cheers Gav

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1195/588403909_75448c3b27_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/8287523@N08/588403909/)

[phlyersphan]

After MUCH trial and error (see this post (http://photon00b.blogspot.com/2007/07/moon-take-two.html)):

<a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phlyersphan/874335720/"><img alt="moon_1stQ_072207-60" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1057/874335720_b9b0130466.jpg" height="325" width="500" /></a>
Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

<a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phlyersphan/874335604/"><img alt="moon_1stQ_072207-61" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1181/874335604_39cb7e601b.jpg" height="421" width="500" /></a>
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 2 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

[suwannee_river]

I went outside and took my camera out and took the a few moon pictures. I used a Canon Powershot S2 IS with teleconverter and here is the info below with picture with info and the moon picture. I did not use a telescope either I do not have one to use.

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bravo1414/Moon/Moon2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bravo1414/Moon/Pictures210-27-07Sat075.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

[wulf]

Here is my most recent attempt, from just over a week ago:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wulf/1678160188/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2307/1678160188_34b4228075_o.jpg" width="446" height="446" alt="Moon" /></a>

This was actually shot late afternoon while the moon was set against a blue sky but I underexposed the picture and then applied further processing to sharpen it up a bit.

Wulf

[snapdragon]

this is the link to a moon expouser calculator http://www.shaystephens.com/moon_calc.php my friend passed it on to me after my last moon attempet .<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rightleftbroken/FullMoon2/photo?authkey=uvrVvK6KHoc#5114845361397434754"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/rightleftbroken/RvuUwa8mCYI/AAAAAAAADNA/EdHE9dUsjE4/s400/101_1908.jpg" /></a> This was an early morning shot .

[kippy]

I also enjoy taking images of the moon, which is a little odd, because I am 14!

I use a 90-300mm canon lens with a 2x teleconverter on the below image.


the biggest problem i find is focusing. A great deal of the images I have taken are very softly focused. any suggestions?

[Hrshycro]

I also enjoy taking images of the moon, which is a little odd, because I am 14!

I use a 90-300mm canon lens with a 2x teleconverter on the below image.


the biggest problem i find is focusing. A great deal of the images I have taken are very softly focused. any suggestions?

Yea i just ran outside in 20` coldness...and tried all the iso settings...and i got white dots not the moon...need some help plz! lol

[wulf]

Yea i just ran outside in 20` coldness...and tried all the iso settings...and i got white dots not the moon...need some help plz! lol
What equipment were you using? Taking a glance at what is in your profile, I would suggest the D40X set to take images at full size and your 55-200mm at the long end of the range.

You may need to manually set the focus and, if the results are washed out adjust settings for less exposure.

Wulf

[Haeretik]

Didn't even know this thread existed! I've been able to shoot 3 nights in a row now, looks like I'm on the right track - tripod, 300mm focal length... shooting at about 1/160 or 1/125 of a second f5.6... ISO 100... I noticed a couple are shooting at f8 or f16 at lower shutter speeds, is there a benefit to this? Here's tonite's shot:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haeretik/2051285353/" title="10606 - Half moon (day 3) by Haeretik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/2051285353_20db3342fe.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10606 - Half moon (day 3)" /></a>

Comments or tips are welcome of course...

[wulf]

You have to experiment with your lens to see where you get the sharpest result. If you are using a tripod you don't need a particularly fast shutter speed (although, hold it open long enough and you will catch the moon moving!).

You might also find that you get a sharper result a little way off the maximum zoom on your lens (although, again, it will vary from lens to lens).

Finally, it often helps to finish by cropping the image, making the moon larger in the frame (in effect, creating the illusion of greater zoom than your lens can manage).

Wulf

[snapdragon]

The moon expouser calculator i menshioned in an above post is very good ,it lists all of the phases of the moon & what the phase is today & a link worth having . I will post it again here ,it does work as a clickable link in the above post ,good luck on those moon photos . http://www.shaystephens.com/moon_calc.php

[windrider86]

what a cool link! Thank you for sharing that and will try it out if the clouds and the snow ever go away

[Haeretik]

You have to experiment with your lens to see where you get the sharpest result. If you are using a tripod you don't need a particularly fast shutter speed (although, hold it open long enough and you will catch the moon moving!).

Yeah the first night I tried, anything over 1/40s or so tended to be a huge white halo... haven't quite got around to the stage of manually playing with f-stops... but I'd imagine a higher f-stop would allow for a slower shutter speed... would also make sense, that photo actually had clouds in it as well, but if I understand correctly a lower f-stop increases the focal point on one object as opposed to many?

You might also find that you get a sharper result a little way off the maximum zoom on your lens (although, again, it will vary from lens to lens).

Hmmm interesting, will give this a go, I know that as far as the focus though, it's not focused at inifinite focus, but a bit back.

Finally, it often helps to finish by cropping the image, making the moon larger in the frame (in effect, creating the illusion of greater zoom than your lens can manage).

Haven't got that far yet, I am kinda partial to the framing though... maybe it's just me ;) I'll try and post one later...

Thanks for the comments/tips!

[wulf]

There's nothing wrong with having the moon small in the frame but it can also be very satisfying when you get the effect of zooming right up close by cropping.

Wulf

[Haeretik]

There's nothing wrong with having the moon small in the frame but it can also be very satisfying when you get the effect of zooming right up close by cropping.

Wulf

Oh I totally agree... just makes a better wallpaper imo ;) Here's the crop of the original shot, I didn't resize it, just cropped to the dimensions I upload to flickr. Added unsharpen mask of 250% as well...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haeretik/2053306286/" title="10606a - Half moon (day 3) by Haeretik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2053306286_32d7c435d6.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10606a - Half moon (day 3)" /></a>

[mhuk05]

If you're in England it's a clear sky at the moment and a big, close moon.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhuk/2057884206/" title="Full moon by ukespresso, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2057884206_00f499c3e0.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Full moon" /></a>

[RandomConnections]

Another take on the moon...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomconnections/2068629569/" title="Moon Clouds Trees by RandomConnections, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/2068629569_f59d8b1a1a.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Moon Clouds Trees" /></a>

I snapped this one with my 50mm f1/1.8 this morning on my way to work. I seem to have missed the full moon opportunities last week.

[Haeretik]

If you're in England it's a clear sky at the moment and a big, close moon.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhuk/2057884206/" title="Full moon by ukespresso, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2189/2057884206_00f499c3e0.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Full moon" /></a>

Man mine looks almost identical! Taken in Spruce Grove, AB, Canada... your's on the 23rd of Nov, mine on the 24th.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haeretik/2063799000/" title="10757b - Moon (Day 7) by Haeretik, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2143/2063799000_de9bb6e8c0.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="10757b - Moon (Day 7)" /></a>

[wulf]

Here is my best moon shot so far - I think this is about as close as my 70-300mm will take me:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wulf/2143615158/" title="Moon by basswulf, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2143615158_ef4aeb8859_o.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Moon" /></a>

Wulf

[Taallyn]

Here's my shot of the Harvest Moon from back in September. Heavily cropped and from my 18-135mm which is my longest lens right now.


http://Taallyn.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p100744814-3.jpg

[inkista]

Wulf, have you tried sharpening? I did a ton of post-processing and I sharpened (as well as converted to B&W) when I was struggling to get the moon with my EF 75-300 III. I probably overdid the sharpening, but the results made me reasonably happy:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkista/36300446/" title="full moon by inkista, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/36300446_bed842236f.jpg" width="500" height="484" alt="full moon" /></a>

Also, maybe try shooting at the lowest iso you can?

[wulf]

It had some sharpening. Lower ISO would help - I hadn't changed my setting back after taking some shots indoors.

Wulf

[Grum]

This was taken a couple of years back. cropped ,Sharpened, Auto levels/contrast.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmillar/2146957202/" title="moon by Grum2007, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/2146957202_2cfccaf90e_o.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="moon" /></a>

Make - PENTAX Corporation
Model - PENTAX *ist DS
ExposureTime - 1/20 seconds
ExposureProgram - Manual control
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
DateTimeOriginal - 2005:11:17 00:44:00
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MeteringMode - Spot
Flash - Not fired
ColorSpace - sRGB
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Manual
WhiteBalance - Auto
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal
SubjectDistanceRange - Distant view

[Junior1919]

I took this one on the first day of the new year. I don't have a zoom lens so I went for a wide shot instead. I made it lighter a bit so you could see the windchime in the top/middle of the shot.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnslngr1919/2153991404/" title="Moon 1 by Junior1919, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/2153991404_6760d539d2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Moon 1" /></a>

Exposure: 15 sec (15)
Aperture: f/2.6
Focal Length: 5.8 mm
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV

[Aia Adriano]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aiadriano/2135841404/" title="Buwan by Aia Adriano, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2169/2135841404_9604cd1908.jpg" width="500" height="314" alt="Buwan" /></a>

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 72 mm
Metering Mode: Spot

With a P&S too! :D

[morfasie]

Maybe a middle crop would accentiate the moon more, otherwise nice focus and shot

[jujitsu1]

This is a shot that I just shot . Its blurry I know . I shot it using my fujifilm S5600 camera with a 55mm 2.0X tele lens . Is this lens used for long shots or close ? Was shot on night mode without flash and on a tripod.

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hayleysboat/Moon/photo#5155846697776660034"><img src="http://lh4.google.co.uk/hayleysboat/R40_QTlZPkI/AAAAAAAAAM4/jeDhFzfieNk/s400/DSCF0260.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hayleysboat/Moon">moon</a></td></tr></table>

This one is without the lens and shot on auto without flash and hand held.


<a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/hayleysboat/Moon/photo#5155852027831074402"><img src="http://lh5.google.co.uk/hayleysboat/R41EGjlZPmI/AAAAAAAAANg/7q9nqp1zkSU/s400/DSCF0262.JPG" /></a>

[mrodgers]

Hey, cool. Moon shots. I have one that I tried hand held, but during the day. I was out the other night, but I don't have a tripod yet, and it just wouldn't autofocus (non-SLR). I stood out there for a bit trying to remember how to manually focus before I went back in to try to remember where my manual was so I could look up manual focus, hehe.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22264910@N06/2188189477/" title="2007.12.21 Moon DSCF0302 by mrodg88, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2188189477_07bc4dc215.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="2007.12.21 Moon DSCF0302" /></a>

There's a shot on one of the first pages of this thread from May, with a beautiful colored sky and moon. I remember that day thinking I need a better camera back then because I wanted a photo of that.

[spellbound]

I've posted this somewhere before but I thought I would share again. This was taken a little while ago with my S3IS before Santa brought me my upgrade :D

Still like it......

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bugbits76/2080660844/" title="Moon by bugbits76, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2398/2080660844_dd61c614d6.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="Moon" /></a>

[Joshman]

here's some moon shots from down in australia, just after christmas. taken with a Canon 350D attached prime focus to an ED80 refractor telescope (focal length:600mm). the 'big' shot of the moon is with a 2x magnifier through the scope. all done manually.

[The Weird Witch]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22073519@N03/2196716791/" title="DSC_0164 copy2v2 by The Weird Witch, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2196716791_4025c1bcde.jpg" width="500" height="434" alt="DSC_0164 copy2v2" /></a>

[embrodak]

Joining an astronomy club will give you tons and tons of opportunities to shoot the moon and other sky stuff. If money's a problem, they tend to have really excellent telescopes as well. <a href="http://www.nckas.org/astrophotos/student-images/">This page</a> gives examples of photographs taken in my astronomy group. The moon shot there is really beautiful (Patrick even managed to get the faint aurora borealis we saw to show up beautifully with a 15 sec exposure).

[Major_Small]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_shao/2094842751/" title="Night: Moon by John Shao, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2094842751_29f39da4cf.jpg" width="468" height="375" alt="Night: Moon" /></a>
It's actually quite soft when you crop in on it, so I've been intending to take another shot at some point, but it was good enough for my needs, so it can wait until a warmer night, when I can stand to spend hours outside shooting the starscape :D

It'll also give me a nice chance to play with my old 500mm mirror lens ^.^

[Canadian Mum]

all these shots are amazing!
I decided last night to snap a couple... since the moon was so bright it was keeping me awake.
It was very cold (-45 Celcius) with the windchill while I was trying to snap these... so I didn't really take a long time to worry about compositition really....
Here is one of the better ones...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadianmum/2209321633/" title="Moonlight by Canadian Mum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2320/2209321633_38da407314.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Moonlight" /></a>

I think it is neat to compare my shot to those from different places around the world... and see the difference in alignment.

[Naois]

Hello everyone. I just bought my first real camera (DSLR) about 3 weeks ago. I'm still learning about photography and I didn't think these kinds of photos could be made without help from NASA or something. I read about different ways of shooting it and decided on this.

http://bytecrafter.com/photos/moon/fullmoon.jpg

I would like it to be a little bit more sharp, but I'm not sure how to go about getting that. My current settings are:

Nikon D40x w/ Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec.
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 135mm (Max for my lens.)

Email me if you think you can help.

Thanks!

PS, This is the first photo I'm posting online, anywhere.

[Khaled L.J]

here is mine ( little bit late :) ) ...

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/73/moon0qln3.jpg