Moon photo

[markperez]

[bobt54]

A very nice large clear picture of the moon. This is not the easiest thing to do. What camera did you use to take this? Do you have some Exif data on it?

My one suggestion for this picture would be to crop it on the right side and the top so your subject is not so centered in the picture

[markperez]

Thanks for the suggestion. Here is the Exif data

Model NIKON D70
Focal Length 300 mm
Exposure Time 1/200 sec
Aperture f/10
ISO Equivalent 320
Exposure Bias 0
White Balance Auto
Metering Mode multi spot
Exposure Program manual

[spincycle]

Incredible that you got such a well balanced shot with such a high f-stop and quick shutter speed...kudos to you and the D70! Excellent...

[bobt54]

Actually, the more you can optically zoom in on the moon and fill the frame the faster the shutter speed you need as the bright light will bleach out the details. By the looks of this, he shot it at maximum zoom. It is a 6mp camera so that affords some cropability (digital zoom) without pixelation.

I actually shot the full moon in this eclipse series at about 1/400sec



http://www.pbase.com/bobt54/image/36728856

As the moon went farther and farther into eclipse, I had to keep lowering the shutter speed until I was probably shooting the fully eclipsed moon at about 1/8 of a second. That is why it is not quite as sharp as the full moon (dam earth decided to turn )

If you like moon pictures there was another topic on it that got quite a few responses.

http://forum.pbase.com/viewtopic.php?t=6611&highlight=moon

[spincycle]

Good point, I'm still a bit new at this, but your explanation makes perfect sense. Thanks for the info...I'm checking on those links now.