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LoveT
Officer of the Wild Empire
Registered: December 2007
Location: Close to the New Forest
Posts: 618
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Mon January 14, 2008 4:00pm
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Stunning shot Geoff - what sort of exposure did you use? I'm hopeless at photographing the moon - just comes out as a white blob!
Thea
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Ollie
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: February 2006
Location: Small North Lincolnshire village
Posts: 9,667
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PMG
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: August 2006
Location: Leigh, Lancashire
Posts: 5,907
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Tue January 15, 2008 3:48am
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I love this - its a stunning capture and I could just sit and stare at it for quite a while
Pauline
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juliejam
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: October 2006
Location: Hertfordshire..
Posts: 2,488
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Tue January 15, 2008 4:34am
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Love these shots...I was out last night taking a few pic's of the moon its at the waxing crescent at the moment growing a little each day towards a full moon on the 22nd of this month...
Julie
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Geoff F
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: January 2008
Location: S. Devon
Posts: 3,903
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Tue January 15, 2008 1:44pm
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Basic camera settings are easy. Let's go back in time; do you remember the old aperture rule of Sunny 16? The other rule was Lunny 11. Set aperture to F11 and exposure mesurement to spot or partial. This will give your basic shutter speed. Adjust ISO setting to give the best shutter speed; faster if there are clouds passing in front of the moon, but not longer than 2 seconds otherwise the moon will move. It is a balancing act as higher ISO can give more 'noise'. Check the result and give a little exposure compensation as required. Being able to instantly check the results is one of the great advantages of digital cameras.
After that it is just a matter of a tripod and cable release for the shutter button. Some people like to use Mirror Lock Up as well but you will need to be sure that your camera doesn't move off target. And, of course, a suitable night.
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LoveT
Officer of the Wild Empire
Registered: December 2007
Location: Close to the New Forest
Posts: 618
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Tue January 15, 2008 2:55pm
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Thanks Geoff, I'm going to give it a go - if it ever stops raining long enough!!
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cutecoot
Officer of the Wild Empire
Registered: July 2008
Location: Creepy Crawley
Posts: 845
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Tue January 13, 2009 9:47am
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No idea how I stumbled on this, but glad I did! The moon/clouds were almost identical here last night so I tried taking a few pix, but they didn't come out too well. Either the shutter speed was too slow, and everything went blurry due to fast moving clouds and camera shake (although I could have remedied that by using a tripod), but if I managed to speed up the shutter then all I got was the moon and no clouds. I will try using the tips posted on here next time and see what happens! These are the pix I took, which looked ok on the lcd screen on my camera, but no good when I downloaded them onto my pc 
   
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Geoff F
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: January 2008
Location: S. Devon
Posts: 3,903
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Tue January 13, 2009 2:04pm
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Looking at your images, I would think that the double edge to the moon is caused by camera shake. You really need to be at least 1/60 sec for hand holding; more if using a big lens.
Pity about that as the light looks really interesting. Try again with a tripod and I think you will be amazed at the difference. Then try with a slightly smaller aperture to give a shutter speed of around 1 sec. But it is all trial and error with this sort of shot, especially as you need to allow something for the speed of the clouds.
ps. It might be worth trying to use the Clone Tool to erase the false edge then do a bit of careful sharpening.
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cutecoot
Officer of the Wild Empire
Registered: July 2008
Location: Creepy Crawley
Posts: 845
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Wed January 14, 2009 11:42am
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Cheers, Geoff  Just tried editing it with the clone tool and made a right old mess of it! Will probably be better if I try and perfect the taking of the photo in the first place ! (I'll get the tripod down from the loft!)
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