Moonshine, and not the Fedora kind this time…
I have for a long time wanted to be able to shoot celestial objects, somehow most of my experiments resulted in dark and blurry images not really capturing what I saw. I recently read a tip which I thought I’d try out and this was the result of it:
To get this shot, I set my camera to ISO-800, Manual mode, Spot Metering, Aperture to F8 and then adjusted shutter till the meter showed correct exposure. Of course, the camera was mounted on a tripod. Its still not as sharp as I would have liked it to be, but its the best moon shot I have managed so far. This is with a 500mm lense, unfortunately, I don’t have a telescope and attachments for that.
Cheers…Kishore
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Sexy pic - am weighing purchase of a camera or telescope. Can’t buy both at the moment :).
R
Thanks Rajesh, if you get both a camera and a scope you can get into DigiScoping.
Cheers…Kishore
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Hey, great photograph! I dont think you need a telescope for photographing the moon, though i have been on enough nightsky observation trips to know how difficult it is to get a celestial photo. I agree it this photo could be better.
[P.S. : - Dont forget to try astro-photography from manali, something tells me you will have better luck there ;-)]
Hey Tazz,
Thanks. Will definitely try some stuff out from Manali, if I manage the lens and tripod along!
Cheers…Kishore