Two moons!

[BlueX]

I was a bit disappointed to see how small the moon is in a frame even with my 300mm lens. I wish I had a long lens like that, especially last year when the lunar eclipse took place. The longest lens I had then was a 200mm and most of my pics turn out too blurry (didn't have a good tripod then either) :(.

[Iguanasan]

I was a bit disappointed to see how small the moon is in a frame even with my 300mm lens. I wish I had a long lens like that, especially last year when the lunar eclipse took place. The longest lens I had then was a 200mm and most of my pics turn out too blurry (didn't have a good tripod then either) :(.

Most of my successful moon shots are hand-held. This was taken with my P&S. 9MP with 10X optical zoom then cropped. It's that darn tricky thing of taking moon shots at night that confuse people.



Model: Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
ISO: 80
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 4.3
Focal Length: 60mm

[BlueX]

Most of my successful moon shots are hand-held. This was taken with my P&S. 9MP with 10X optical zoom then cropped. It's that darn tricky thing of taking moon shots at night that confuse people

Wow, good job hand holding that shot! Most of the time, the moon is bright enough to use a fast shutter speeds, like 1/200th or 1/250th sec. But when the eclipse started, the moon lost brightness and I had to use longer shutter speeds which opened the door for camera shake. All the shots before then were not blurry.

[Michaelaw]

I only have one moon shot and it was not quite night but I still used 1/200

[Iguanasan]

Wow, good job hand holding that shot! Most of the time, the moon is bright enough to use a fast shutter speeds, like 1/200th or 1/250th sec. But when the eclipse started, the moon lost brightness and I had to use longer shutter speeds which opened the door for camera shake. All the shots before then were not blurry.

Thanks!

Ahhh, of course. Sorry, I had missed the part about the eclipse. That would add a bit of a wrinkle to it.

[BlueX]

Thanks!

Ahhh, of course. Sorry, I had missed the part about the eclipse. That would add a bit of a wrinkle to it.

No problem. I hadn't thought about it either until it was too late, when I was looking over the shots on my computer. Learning is half the battle it guess, now I'm just waiting around for the next eclipse. Next time, I hope to do better.