Quakertown needs snow Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Really wonderful detail, Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 thank you Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Beautiful shot. What equipment did you use? and what settings? I tried my first attempt at a moon shot a few weeks ago with a 75-300 mm lens on a Nikon T3 with limited success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Beautiful shot. What equipment did you use? and what settings? I tried my first attempt at a moon shot a few weeks ago with a 75-300 mm lens on a Nikon T3 with limited success. Thanks. For this one: Tripod a must! Manual mode f/11 1/50 ISO 100 Tamron 70-300mm lens Manual focus 10 second timer Cropped and slight WB adjustment in Photoshop Elements. My A77 also has 2 Focal Length magnification options, 1.0x and 2.0x. I used 2.0x for this one so 35mm focal length is 900mm. Having 24 mega pixels also helps when cropping. Try a few different exposer times. Half-moons work better than full for details IMO. Post some moon pic’s when complete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Thanks. For this one: Tripod a must! Manual mode f/11 1/50 ISO 100 Tamron 70-300mm lens Manual focus 10 second timer Cropped and slight WB adjustment in Photoshop Elements. My A77 also has 2 Focal Length magnification options, 1.0x and 2.0x. I used 2.0x for this one so 35mm focal length is 900mm. Having 24 mega pixels also helps when cropping. Try a few different exposer times. Half-moons work better than full for details IMO. Post some moon pic’s when complete Great, thanks for the details! Trial and error seem to be the toughest part for me when trying to learn all of this. I must have taken dozens of pics at different ISO settings and exposure times. I'll see if I can get out tonight to see if I can get any shots. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I find the "looney-11 rule" (which allows for one stop of additional light over the sunny-16 rule) works well for most standard moon shots, though sometimes I open up to f/8 or f/9.5 to avoid aperture diffraction and adjust my exposure from there. It's definitely a good idea to get your lunar closeups during a partial phase, when shadows accentuate the moon's topography... much like how visible satellite images in the middle of the day look washed out and flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Good tips on the Looney-11 rule. I tried to implement that tonight with my first real try. Not very good with Photoshop yet and my zoom isn't anywhere near as close as yours. Best I have so far, hope I can get some better ones sometime soon. Any tips or advice is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 can you post ur exif data? looks a little out of focus. did you use a tripod? timer? manual focus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 can you post ur exif data? looks a little out of focus. did you use a tripod? timer? manual focus? I can get the exif data this evening when I get back home, but IIRC it was: f/11 1/100 (or 1/125) ISO100 EF 75-300mm lens tripod manual focus 2 second timer I'm using a Cannon Rebel EOS T3 that is 12.2 MP, so when I crop, it doesn't have nearly the resolution as your photo. It is a bit out of focus, but I'm glad I can at least see some features all the other pics I have tried turned out like a white blurry mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophisticated Skeptic Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 through thy mist it lurks... (hoping to get a shot of blood moon tonight) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophisticated Skeptic Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 taken last night....once again with a cheap $99 Coolpix L320 any recommendations of a camera with better zoom and quality are appreciated. It's awesome how ordinary cameras these days are just as powerful as older telescopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 taken last night....once again with a cheap $99 Coolpix L320 any recommendations of a camera with better zoom and quality are appreciated. It's awesome how ordinary cameras these days are just as powerful as older telescopes. Ideally you'd want to invest in a basic DSLR system (essentially a camera body that employs interchangeable lenses). It might be a big leap, but if you're willing to bite the bullet and spend $1k on solid kit, I would recommend the Nikon D5200 and two lenses, the Nikkor 18-55 mm and the Nikkor 55-200 mm. You'll be able to practice basic astrophotography with the telephoto zoom lens, and get into landscapes/portraits with the standard zoom. The benefit of a DSLR over a point-and-shoot or a compact system is that you can upgrade your lenses and accessories indefinitely to keep up with your increasing skill. Feel free to message me with questions. Photography is a source of income for me so I have a reasonably good grasp on Nikon and Canon equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophisticated Skeptic Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 cool thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I took this one a few months ago. Nikon D5100 kit lens (AF-S VR 18-55mm) tripod 10 sec timer ridiculous amounts of cropping I'm 95% certain I had it at 55mm, can't remember the aperture setting. Haven't purchased a telephoto lens yet so this is the best I can do. The f/1.8 35mm wouldn't work too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 Bacon, good glass helps so maybe get a body only and a nice lens or 2. 300mm is also nice for wildlife. Check out www.dpreview.com great site for reviews and forums. April 13th, 8:16pm. This was the night before blood moon night but then the storm moved in so will need to wait for next lunar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catoctin wx Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 can you post ur exif data? looks a little out of focus. did you use a tripod? timer? manual focus? Ok, finally remembered to grab the data. Dimensions: 4272 x 2848 Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3 color representation: sRGB F-stop: f/11 exposure: 1/200 sec ISO: 200 Exposure bias: 0 step Focal length: 300 mm no flash white balance: auto exposure program: manual This is for the original photo. The one I posted was a cropped version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 taken last night....once again with a cheap $99 Coolpix L320 any recommendations of a camera with better zoom and quality are appreciated. It's awesome how ordinary cameras these days are just as powerful as older telescopes. A DSLR has already been mentioned and that is no doubt one of the best ways to go, but if you can't afford that I would invest in a cheap refractor telescope. I took this one through my 6" reflector using my Coolpix S3200 but I've seen some stellar images come through smaller scopes. Just point the scope and shoot through the lense. Also done in the same fashion: M44 (Orion nebula) It's a very crude way of doing it and you are limited to the brighter objects but it comes in quite a bit cheaper than investing in an entire DSLR set-up, which for a broke college student like myself is a giant bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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