DizzyDigger
Gold Member
- Dec 9, 2012
- 5,825
- 11,556
- Detector(s) used
- Nokta FoRs Gold, a Gold Cube, 2 Keene Sluices and Lord only knows how many pans....not to mention a load of other gear my wife still doesn't know about!
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
Saw that big 'ol Moon out tonight, and couldn't pass
up the chance at a decent pic. Sky conditions were
good, but not perfect.
Remember to open to full size:
Tonight is when the Moon will reach perigee, meaning
it's as close to Earth as it's gonna get this year. That
huge crater near the bottom is known as "Tycho".
Shooting a good pic of the Moon can be challenging, as
most of the compact digital cameras (not DSLR's) just
don't have a large enough sensor, but if sky conditions
are good (clean, low humidity) you can still get a fairly
decent pic.
Some suggestions:
The Moon, especially when full is a very bright object.
I took that pic above tonight with my D90, and shot it in
Manual mode at ISO 400, f/5.6 and 1/500th of a second
at 300mm. If I'd been thinking right, I would have dropped the
ISO back to ISO 100..maybe ISO 200.
On many of the compact digitals (and even some Iphones)
you can change the settings manually. If left to itself, the
camera will take far too long of an exposure, and you'll
end up with a beautiful blur-ball..lol
If you can change your settings, go with ISO 200 and
take several shots at various shutter speeds. Start around
1/125th/s and then faster shutter speeds all the way up to
1/1000th/s. I even shot a couple frames tonight at
1/2000th/s and while they didn't come out sharp (oof)
there was plenty of data to work with had I wanted to
process them.
USE A TRIPOD and the cameras timer to take the shot,
as any movement at all will get you a blurry pic.
Use manual focus (if available) as the auto-focus in most
cameras will not be good enough to get a really sharp image.
Even a top-end DSLR will not focus well enough on auto-focus
to give you the sharpness you can achieve with a little manual
focus tweaking.
Maybe we should start a thread so everyone can post their
"Super Moon" pics?
up the chance at a decent pic. Sky conditions were
good, but not perfect.
Remember to open to full size:
Tonight is when the Moon will reach perigee, meaning
it's as close to Earth as it's gonna get this year. That
huge crater near the bottom is known as "Tycho".
Shooting a good pic of the Moon can be challenging, as
most of the compact digital cameras (not DSLR's) just
don't have a large enough sensor, but if sky conditions
are good (clean, low humidity) you can still get a fairly
decent pic.
Some suggestions:
The Moon, especially when full is a very bright object.
I took that pic above tonight with my D90, and shot it in
Manual mode at ISO 400, f/5.6 and 1/500th of a second
at 300mm. If I'd been thinking right, I would have dropped the
ISO back to ISO 100..maybe ISO 200.
On many of the compact digitals (and even some Iphones)
you can change the settings manually. If left to itself, the
camera will take far too long of an exposure, and you'll
end up with a beautiful blur-ball..lol
If you can change your settings, go with ISO 200 and
take several shots at various shutter speeds. Start around
1/125th/s and then faster shutter speeds all the way up to
1/1000th/s. I even shot a couple frames tonight at
1/2000th/s and while they didn't come out sharp (oof)
there was plenty of data to work with had I wanted to
process them.
USE A TRIPOD and the cameras timer to take the shot,
as any movement at all will get you a blurry pic.
Use manual focus (if available) as the auto-focus in most
cameras will not be good enough to get a really sharp image.
Even a top-end DSLR will not focus well enough on auto-focus
to give you the sharpness you can achieve with a little manual
focus tweaking.
Maybe we should start a thread so everyone can post their
"Super Moon" pics?
