Moon over Beaufort

**Leo** · 05-26-2007, 09:22 PM

Took this picture tonight from the front lawn.

**SuperMn106** · 05-27-2007, 12:04 AM

WOW. Awesome pic!

**HuntnMa** · 05-27-2007, 05:21 AM

look at that, thats awesome

**wtnhunt** · 05-27-2007, 07:10 AM

Cool pic.

**Tominator** · 05-27-2007, 08:50 AM

"Houston, Tranquility base here..................the Eagle has landed!"

Awesome!

**LifeNRA** · 05-27-2007, 10:55 PM

Nice pic! What was the telephoto lens set at?

**buckee** · 05-28-2007, 12:50 AM

Beautiful picture Leo.

Man, the moon sure looked nice and clear tonight just before sunset. Would have made an awesome picture.

**toddyboman** · 05-29-2007, 11:09 PM

We need some more info about this telephoto lense.

Nice pic of the moon

Finn · 05-30-2007, 07:12 AM

Great picture!

**Leo** · 06-04-2007, 12:15 PM

I've been out of town for awhile and noticed some folks wanted specs.

From the properties of the original fullsize photo.

Date and time of picture: 5/26/2007 8:08pm (yes it was still light outside, there's a reason for that.)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS w/Telephoto Adapter 1.5x
Bit Depth 24
Shutter Speed 1/318sec
Lens Aperture F/3.5
Focal Length 72mm (Because of the goofy way I got focus I don't know if I trust this number. Plus there is a multiplier in the camera for the telephoto and I don't remember if it was of or on.)
Exposure Compensation 0 Step

With IS mode on I simply laid on my back to steady the shot and snapped several photos.

Because there was still some ambient light the camera didn't over compensate and "white out" the whole moon. Usually that's exactly what happens when folks try to take a full night shot of the moon. They get nothing but a white blob in a black background. When you spot the moon while it's still light out that's when to try it. Then it's simply a matter of adjusting the brightness and contrast to turn it into a "night" shot. The distance of the subject is obviously out of range of the auto focus so you either take a bunch of photos with no regard for auto focus and try to get lucky or turn on manual focus. Without a tripod set up the "lucky" method is the quickest way

With manual focus mode you really need to use a tripod. Digital photos are essentially free so click away until you get what you want. Since the moon isn't going anywhere quickly, just go nuts.