15 minutes ago

[Bonhomme Richard]

[HarveyDarkey]

1. I'm envious, good shot

Nothing but clouds here. I've never taken a moon shot that I've been satisfied with yet anyway.

[Mira]

2. WOW oh WOW

HOW do you do this?
I have no idea, now I have to go out and at least take a look.

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. Thanks...Luck. First time I tried it and am just learning.

Have to say I took a lot of shots but what I really wanted was to get the evergreen branches along with the moon. I couldn't get the exposure right if it's even possible to do. If I used a long exposure for the branches then the moon was washed out. I know people do it but I couldn't figure it out.

[alfredo]

4. Spot metering, f stop around f8 and playing with exposure compensation

seems to work for me. A tripod and timer or shutter release come in handy.

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. Thanks. I did use a tripod and shutter release. n/t

[alfredo]

6. A full moon isn't near as interesting as other phases. The shadows

of a half moon are much more interesting.

My camera is pitiful, but I finally figured it out. Many astro photographers use stacking to give the image some punch and more detail.


http://keithwiley.com/astroPhotography/imageStacking.shtml

[Bonhomme Richard]

7. I'll look into it. Love learning new things. n/t

[alfredo]

8. I've resisted using that technique. Don't know why.