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Geoff F Officer of the Wild Empire Registered: January 2008 Posts: 760	Quick gap between the rain.
	· Date: Mon January 14, 2008 · Views: 795 · Filesize: 18.7kb, 30.6kb · Dimensions: 1019 x 815 ·
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	Camera Information: Canon 10D with 70-300 lans at 300
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LoveT

Officer of the Wild Empire

Registered: December 2007
Location: Close to the New Forest
Posts: 514

Mon January 14, 2008 4:00pm

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

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Registered: February 2006
Location: Small North Lincolnshire village
Posts: 7,137

Mon January 14, 2008 6:24pm

Excelent Geoff, very atmospheric. Well done

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PMG

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Registered: August 2006
Location: Leigh, Lancashire
Posts: 2,238

Tue January 15, 2008 3:48am

I love this - its a stunning capture and I could just sit and stare at it for quite a while

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juliejam

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Registered: October 2006
Location: Hertfordshire..
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Tue January 15, 2008 4:34am

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
Officer of the Wild Empire

Registered: January 2008
Posts: 760

Tue January 15, 2008 1:44pm

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.

LoveT

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Registered: December 2007
Location: Close to the New Forest
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Tue January 15, 2008 2:55pm

Thanks Geoff, I'm going to give it a go - if it ever stops raining long enough!!

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