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Tonights Moon

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:30 pm
by chrisk
been a while since i shot the moon. nice clear night.

Image

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:49 pm
by Big Red
great colour and detail in the shot 8)

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:38 pm
by !~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~!
What were the settings for this? its a nice sharp shot :D

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:37 pm
by bwhinnen
1/125th f8 at 340mm according to the EXIF :)

Nice shot btw.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:36 pm
by chrisk
ty :)

70-200VR + TC17

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:10 pm
by zafra52
Rooz, how on earth did you get such a clear picture of the moon? It is a fantastic picture! Did you use a teleconverter to your 200mm lens?

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:34 pm
by chrisk
thanks, its not that hard with the right gear and a bit of practice with the settings. 1.7x TC on the 70-200 lens.

manual mode
1/125s-1/250s depending on the moon phase
f8 depending on your lens
spot meter
sunlight WB
iso 100

easy peasy. :D

PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:23 pm
by zafra52
You did well. It is superb!