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Shooting the moon
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:03 pm
by hoohaa
I've had decent success shooting the moon and getting what the moon looks like, details etc.
However, I always have a dark sky. Or, if the sky is lighter, it seems like there are two moons in the image.
I'd really like to get a moon shot with the clouds rolling by it or in front of it. Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:19 pm
by tjconheady
i can get the queen of spades and most of the hearts, but I always lose at least one hand with a heart in it
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:31 pm
by backpacker
the two moon image is from your filter and over exposure,
check out the
Harvest Moon -September 26. 2007 post's
I took a shot of the moon too and the sky is black I posted my settings, also check out the windmill pictures I took tonight, both were taken minutes apart 1 is light with wash out moon the other is darker with nice moon.
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:04 am
by outdoorthespian
Depending on your exposure time, the "double" moon may be due to the movement of the earth.
If you shoot any celestial object (other than geosynch satellites I guess) with a shutter speed much more than a few seconds you'll get planetary movement in the shot (yes we rotate that quickly!
). At 30 seconds it's obvious with a telephoto.
Can you describe the photo you're looking to create a little more? Moon with detail, or just a white disk? Clouds backlit by the moon or brightand puffy like we see them during the day? Clouds showing motion (time-lapse)? or static?
Without any further description, I'm thinking of a low full moon with clouds traversing it. The clouds are lit by a setting sun (so they are front-lighted and comparable in brightness to the moon). I'd go on a haze-free day, so the sky was as dark as possible compared to the clouds.
Moon the camera
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:30 pm
by Matt
It's harvest moon season... see if you can capture a crisp shot of that big yellow orb. It took me about 50 to catch this one of it behind some clouds (this was last week when it was full).
Re: Moon the camera
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:31 pm
by Eddiebauer
I'm suprised to not see more shots in this post.
I took a few the past couple of days.
Re: Moon the camera
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:16 am
by Bill_K
nice shots...I've been admiring it from inside the last few days.
Re: Moon the camera
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:20 pm
by Wotto
My attempt at shooting the moon.