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Cab anyone give me any suggestions as how to take photograph of full moon.I have a nikon d300 and 70-300 lens.

thanks
 
There's 1000's of threads on here with how to do the moon.

generally use manual focus and use daylight settings, the moon is a lot brighter than you think, oh and a tripod.

spike
 
Hi

i have looked at few threads now and seen some photos.Do i have to crop to see the details?.I tried few shots an hour ago.I cant see any details in any of the photos.

thanks
 
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I shot http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazedd/4158250629/ with the following settings:
Camera Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 250 mm
ISO Speed 100

So you could use this as your base and tweet it depending on your light when you shoot. Also note I have thrown it through Photoshop also to tweak it.
 
gazedd said:
I shot http://www.flickr.com/photos/gazedd/4158250629/ with the following settings:
Camera Canon EOS 400D Digital
Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 250 mm
ISO Speed 100

So you could use this as your base and tweet it depending on your light when you shoot. Also note I have thrown it through Photoshop also to tweak it.
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Hi

did you crop the photo or is it unedited.The reason i am asking is, that i cant see any details at all in any of the photos i have taken tonight..Yours look good.
 
I have cropped the image but not heavily. what were your settings you used?
 
gazedd said:
I have cropped the image but not heavily. what were your settings you used?
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Hi

i used tripod with iso 100, diff apertures starting f8,11,f16 and used aperture priority which showed a shutter speed ranging from 1/60 to 1/30s.I used spot metering and centre weighted as well.

thanks
 
The detail is lost in your shutter speed. you need a fast shutter speed because its a bright object. basically your camera is capturing to much light from the moon and creating a bright white ball.
Knock your camera into manual and use my settings above... you should see a deference
 
gazedd said:
The detail is lost in your shutter speed. you need a fast shutter speed because its a bright object. basically your camera is capturing to much light from the moon and creating a bright white ball.
Knock your camera into manual and use my settings above... you should see a deference
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Hi

I will try that.It looks like that is the only parameter i have used differently and will manual setting.Thank you very much for the info and patience

thanks
 
If you have live view (the D300 does) then the zoom function is VERY useful when manually focusing.
 
Enjoy shooting!
If I remember correctly, when editing boost the clarity tool up so you draw out the detail of the moon (craters)
I would also suggest that at 300mm, you shouldn't have to crop in to much but I would view your image at 100%, then crop in only too about 1000px or 800px.
 
amnesia said:
If you have live view (the D300 does) then the zoom function is VERY useful when manually focusing.
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It's quite good fun sticking the camera onto live view, 10x zoom, with a 400mm lens plus 2x tc then watch how fast the moon moves across the screen.
 
Most of the details will be lost in a full moon as there are no shadows.
The crescent moon is the best time to shoot as there will be loads of detail and shadows.
One of mine at F/8, 1/200sec, 400mm and handheld.


The Moon by Paul S Wharton, on Flickr

Paul
 
Hi

i tried today and managed to take a few decent shots but nothing close to the one shown.I am pleased with the result anyway.

thanks for all the tips
 
I'm just trying this out as we speak, full moon though so it's proving difficult to get the texture of the craters on the surface.

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This is my outcome, taken with 70-300 APO DG Sigma. Not happy with it :(


The Moon by bensambrook, on Flickr
 
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bensambrook said:
I'm just trying this out as we speak, full moon though so it's proving difficult to get the texture of the craters on the surface.

EDIT:

This is my outcome, taken with 70-300 APO DG Sigma. Not happy with it :(
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It looks like the image was under exposed, though the settings are not in the EXIF data, so I can't say what you should change to improve it. :shrug:

Saying that, just brightening the image and upping the contrast makes a big difference. It's a bit noisy, but that could be a consequence of the under exposure and/or ISO used.
 
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