Full Moon

[joebranko]

Taken from the front of my house. I attempted the add some foreground to the moon shot, and chose to focus on the branch of the tree while using a small aperture to ( hopefully) also keep the moon somewhat sharp. I am not happy with the result, with either the sharpness or the composition. I feel that the tree was too prominent in the composition, and I did not achieve the sharpness I wanted. I am not sure why I did not use f 22, which should have given me better sharpness; I also took the shot hand held as I felt that with a relatively short exposure, I could do it without camera shake affecting the shot. I have read somewhere that if the exposure is less than 1/20" you should be ok hand held. Any truth to this? I could not get any further from the tree which I think may have improved the shot. I also used flash to provide some fill and illuminate the tree.

[Shadowman]

f/22 won't necessarily give you the sharpest capture, you might be sharper between f/8-f/11 you would have to test lens to be sure. You can handhold a lunar shot but considering all the other limitations of such an endeavor, movement of the moon, motion blur, wind against the leaves why risk it.

[IzzieK]

I would normally shoot at F8 or F11 too but I'd rather do it on a tripod with the MUP option and with a wireless remote control...and a fast shutter speed...just a thought...

[Brownbear]

Hi Joe,

Here are some links on photographing the moon that I've found helpful and very informative.

The Moon at 390mm

Day and Night Moon shots

Moon, Birmingham UK, Sep 21st

[joebranko]

Hi Joe,

Here are some links on photographing the moon that I've found helpful and very informative.

The Moon at 390mm

Day and Night Moon shots

Moon, Birmingham UK, Sep 21st

Thanks Christina. These links were most helpful, and contain much info which I need to assimilate. Thanks again.

[joebranko]

I would normally shoot at F8 or F11 too but I'd rather do it on a tripod with the MUP option and with a wireless remote control...and a fast shutter speed...just a thought...

Thanks Izzie. I have to review the DOF concept as I don't seem to have it right. Thank you.

[Brownbear]

Hi Joe,

My pleasure. Here is another informative link.

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tu...ra-tripods.htm

Thanks Christina. These links were most helpful, and contain much info which I need to assimilate. Thanks again.

[joebranko]

Hi Joe,

My pleasure. Here is another informative link.

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tu...ra-tripods.htm

Thanks again Christina. This was also helpful and identifies one of the problems with this shot: with a 250mm crop sensor I really should have been using a much faster exposure to avoid blurring, or a tripod!

[Brownbear]

My pleasure. Indeed, a lesson I've learned with time.