So proud ! My first moon pic

[safron]

Well guys as you know I am a newbie here and last week there was an amazing full moon - took me about 26 attempts with various different settings - trying to rest my arms on a wall in the freezing cold to hold my camera and here is my beautiful moon x

[Skitalez]

Hello! I do not know, in what time you took pictures. I advise to do a shot early in the evening, or in the early morning. When moon not such bright. More contrast and relief. At night moon too bright for a shot. Here is my example. Unfortunately, only 300мм

[splashy]

Moon shots are not easy, but the first one is always special
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Your Exif says
shutter 1/128
focal length 300mm
Pixel size 2700 - 1500 ????

You didn't use a tripod, maybe you were even shivering.

Your shutterspeed out of hand should be about 1.5 > 2 times the focal length.
And often the lens at max length isn't at it sharpest.

But for the moon you should have a tripod a shutter timer to reduce movement (or remote) and all in camera or lens move reduction should be off.



About, iso 200, F 8 > 11, Shutter 125 shoud do the trick.

[photosbytw]

Don't forget the mirror lock up if the camera has one..........

[Plumcrak]

Tracey, a tripod is a must for a nice crisp moon shot. Once you get the camera mounted then the fun really begins...it is kinda addicting. Nice shot for hand-held.

[JPS]

Hi Tracey,
Well done on your first Moon shot and proud you should be of it.
I must agree with everybody, a tripod IMO is a must, plus the use of mirror lock if possible.

But keep at it, this being you first try and handheld as well; I want to see more.
Regards
John

[safron]

Thank you all for the great feedback - I love this forum and especially for a total beginner like me its great to get such detailed feedback even if it takes me a while to even fully understand what you are all saying.

so next purchase is a tripod !

[purplepeople8r]

yeah i am looking to get a tripod... just dont know which to get???

[JPS]

Hi Tracey & Patti,
there is lot of discussion here https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/fo...gs/tripods.htm relating to tripods. Maybe of some help.
Regards
John