NiteRunner Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I've been trying to get some nice Pics of the moon. However, they blur so darn bad that the pics just don't turn out. Any tips on how to get some not so blurry pictures? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Tripod and timer will help some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I was almost scared to open this post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 do a search......If I remember we went through this one other time. And many posted tips and tricks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 A tripod or a solid rest helps greatly. Here are a couple pics I took last month at near dark. The photos were hand held at various settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13candace Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Would this be considered a Moon phase....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I don't have a tripod, but I typically find a good steady rest in a tree or some other near by thing. Mainly just the Full Moon pics that don't turn out. I tried searching before I posted this, as I thought I remembered a thread about it, but I couldn't find it. I'll give it another go though. Rut, NICE Pics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I wasn't searching back far enough. Andrea had a post 2yrs ago about this. I got some good tips from it! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Like anything else in photography it comes down to experimenting with the camera and all its settings. The distance is great when it comes to moon shots. Very easy to get blur with an unstable camera. The moon being a reflection of direct sunlight is very bright and may be fooling the camera's auto focus. You might want to try using manual focus with the aperture set at f8. Hope this helps. Here is a shot of the same moon in my earlier post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 You definitely need a tri-pod, due to the shutter speeds being so low. Use the highest "F" stop your camera has. Then bracket your exposures until you find the one you like the best. Most people use a too slow of a shutter speed because the surrounding area of the moon is black. This fools the camera into using a slower shutter speed. Switch to manual, and bracket away! If your camera has a spot metering capability you can try using this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Thanks for the tips! Definitely going to try them out sometime soon. I'll post some pics once I do get them to turn out, hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 A good rest is the main key! I usually take them from a dark room in the house, open the window and screen, and put a few bath towels down on the window ledge to set the camera on. Set the camera to a low ISO like 100-200, aperture on f8 or so and set the timer. Here's a few of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billkay Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 The light hitting th moon is about the same as the light hitting the earth during the daylite. I'd start my exposures using the inverse of the ISO ie: ISO is 200, set shutter at 1/250th. ISO 400? Set shutter to 1/500th, etc. The normal rules of exposure would call for an f-stop of about 11, I believe. I would imagine that a lot of the blur you are seeing is from the moon moving, not so much the camera. Start there and adjust as you go. Remeber that digital images have a wider latitude of exposure on the shadow side, so don't be too concerned if the images are a LITTLE dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Awesome Pics Shawn!! I never thought about using a towel to help steady the camera. I'm going to have to remember that. Bill, Thanks for the advice!! I'm going to mess with my camera's settings and see if I can't get this figured out. The moon is in its last quarter, so I'll have to do it one night soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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