So far I've made two attempts at shooting the moon. The first time I was given some bad advise and believed that I needed a ridiculously fast shutter speed. After getting some feedback on DA, I made another attempt tonight. The difference is dramatic.. but I'm sure there is still room for tons of improvement in technique and also post processing. ANY feedback is welcome on the second image.





First Attempt:


<span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"]<br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" />Camera: Cannon EOS 7D<br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" />Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 <span style="color: #ff0000;"]L USM<br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" /><br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" />F-Stop: f/8<br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" />ISO: 800<br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" />Exposure: 1/2000 sec.<br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" />Focal Length: 400mm<br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" /><br style="background-color: transparent !important; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px !important;" />This was on a tripod, live view, shutter lockup, with ten second delay on exposure. Should also mention that I zoomed in 10x on the live view to apply manual focus. I then cropped and converted to black and white.


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Second Attempt:


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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"]Like I said, I KNOW there's a lot of room for improvement and any advise would be appreciated.


<span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"]Thanks,


<span class="Apple-style-span" style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: #000000; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"]Rocco