Shooting the moon

[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

[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...




(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.

[Shoeless]

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



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.


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

[phlyersphan]

After MUCH trial and error (see this post):


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


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.

[wulf]

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



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