Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Moon Patrol

I've found that it's kind of tricky to get good shots of the moon. Here are a collection of opinions on the best ways to tackle it:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/d200/discuss/72157594363011032/?search=moon

Here's one flickr member's advice:

"Remember that even though you're shooting while in the dark, the moon is directly illuminated by the sun. Therefore, the sunny-16 rule is not a bad place to start (e.g., ISO 100, f/16 @ 1/100). The metering tips above are good if you have the focal length to spotmeter it." -- flickr member MJM

Also, here is PopPhoto's advice:
"Moony 11, 8, and 5.6 rules
There are many different rules that work well when shooting the moon. One favorite for a proper exposure of a full moon is f/11 at one over the ISO setting. For pictures of a half moon, use the same shutter speed at f/8, and for a quarter moon, use the same shutter speed at f/5.6."
Quoted from http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=1175&page_number=1