alanwilliamson
The moon last night was perfect. It hung in the night sky lighting up the whole landscape. I looked up and thought WOW, and then thought, how does one capture this spectacle with my humble digital camera. I took my camera (FinePix S7000) and using the default standard settings pointed and shot. However the result was just a single bright dot with no detail whatsoever.
I bought a tele-lens a wee while ago, and thought lets get a little closer to the moon and see if that helps. Just a bigger white dot. Not wanting to be out done, I wanted to see if I could capture some of this beautiful moon detail. Failing miserably in randomizing various settings I gave up. I went to the web for inspiration and found this detailed article on photographing the moon.
The article started off by saying that you will probably get a white dot if you don't follow some basic instructions. Damn he had me hooked already.
I followed his instructions and was taken into a new area of my camera's settings. I had never turned the dial to M, out of fear I think. I ratched it right up to 200, and shot. WOW now that was impressive. I kept going up until the moon started fading again. Around 500 I found to give me the best results. The results of my preliminary efforts can be seen above.
Tonight, assuming my subject is in the mood, (she can be such a playful mare at times hiding behind clouds and teasing) I will attempt to twiddle some more dials and use my tripod and see what results I can achieve. Looking at her schedule, she is out in full this evening.
I bought a tele-lens a wee while ago, and thought lets get a little closer to the moon and see if that helps. Just a bigger white dot. Not wanting to be out done, I wanted to see if I could capture some of this beautiful moon detail. Failing miserably in randomizing various settings I gave up. I went to the web for inspiration and found this detailed article on photographing the moon.
The article started off by saying that you will probably get a white dot if you don't follow some basic instructions. Damn he had me hooked already.
I followed his instructions and was taken into a new area of my camera's settings. I had never turned the dial to M, out of fear I think. I ratched it right up to 200, and shot. WOW now that was impressive. I kept going up until the moon started fading again. Around 500 I found to give me the best results. The results of my preliminary efforts can be seen above.
Tonight, assuming my subject is in the mood, (she can be such a playful mare at times hiding behind clouds and teasing) I will attempt to twiddle some more dials and use my tripod and see what results I can achieve. Looking at her schedule, she is out in full this evening.
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7:04 AM GMT, Friday, 14 April 2006 - Categories:
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