Hello everyone...this is my second attempt at shooting the moon, the first time none of the photos turned out so I must be getting better. Please share your thoughts with me on how to improve my moon pictures. I used a tripod, a remote, and a 400 zoom lens with a 2X teleconverter. The small white dots are dust I just couldn't seem to get both the picture and the scanner clear of dust at the same time. So forgive that part of the photo please! :) Hope you enjoy these there are four total. Thanks for looking. ~Cheri
Thank you so much Barry! For both your helpful suggestions and for sharing your knowledge of this subject with me. I need all the help I can get. I would really like to be able to get this right eventually. Please feel free to comment on the other moon photos, and let me know what you think. Thanks again, Cheri :)
The moon is a tricky target and without a tracking mount, you need to minimise the exposure time as much as possible to stop relative movement of the moon and thus reduce blurring. You don't say what your exposure time was here but a good idea is to use f/2.8 if you can and keep the exposure time short. To ensure sharp focus at f/2.8 try focusing on a bright star rather than the moon. The eye is quite poor at judging focus on bright objects like the moon and you'll find it easier to focus on a star - adjust focus through the point of focus and back again until you think you've got it spot on. These images are also a little over exposed and this greatly reduces the detail on the moon's surface. Try under exposing slightly to bring out the detail and in turn this will reduce your exposure time even further. Hope this helps! Perhaps it'll inspire you to buy an astro-telescope. It's great fun and then you can take some wonderful shots of the shadows in the moon's many craters.
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