3-19 super perigee

[Bill W]

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I had to wait for the moon to rise above the horizon's cloud cover, so I missed out on the colors......que sera, sera.

[ddt0725]

Really nice, Bill!!! Maybe if I am patient it will make it

[Dave Johnston]

Great Shot, Bill.


Saw this GIANT yellow moon on the way home today and thought, GEEZ, I

[HiFiGuy1]

Help! I am trying to shoot the moon (sorry) and all I am getting is a pure white ball. I have a 40D, set to Neutral picture style, 28-135 set to 135, (okay, so the ball is pretty small) and f/8.0, manual focus, AF off, ISO 100, 2 second self-timer release. I also tried to focus with Live View, and no dice. Through the viewfinder I can focus very well, but the shots are not working out. Oh yeah, using Av mode. The shutter speed is ending up at 2 seconds according to the info. Evaluative metering.





BillW,


Amazing shot, beautiful detail. I want to capture something like this, even if it means cropping. What focal length are you using?

[Jayson]

Philip, you need to shoot the moon about at 1/60th or somewhere around there. Your meter is reading the night sky, but not the brightness of the moon. You need to shoot in manual. Experiment from there but that should work.

[Chris White]

Nice shot Bill. What did you use?


I seem to be cursed by too many clouds tonight.[:@]

[HDNitehawk]

Phillip


Get in manual mode. F8 ISO 100 is fine.


You will have to adjust your shutter speed until you get decent exposures.


2 second is way to long, even on a tripod you will be getting motion blur from the moon at that length. But you really should be much less than 1 second.


Here is a sample of the full moon back when there was the full eclipse. Before the eclipse started


Exposure (1/640)


Aperture f/5.6


Focal Length 700 mm


ISO Speed 100


Shutter speed was very fast. Your camera will not meter right, you have to take sample pics till you get the exposure you want.


Not Tonights Moon just a Sample


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[HiFiGuy1]

Gotcha. So use manual to force the settings outside of "acceptable" limits for a normal shot. Even though I have a very good tripod, I understand that the motion blur can still happen because of the exposure length. Also, the moon is very bright, so I kind of thought it was taking too long.

[HiFiGuy1]

Okay, so I went from this:


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To this:


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With your help! Thank you! Now I need a longer lens. I don't think 135mm is getting it done. []

[HDNitehawk]

Phillip


135mm is going to be a little short. But you did get the exposure right.


Also, future reference. Full Moons are hard to get good detailed pics of. The light hits it straight a way and you can