Hey,

I went out with my Tamron LD 70-300mm lens and tried some shots of the moon.

I'm pretty pleased with this one.



Let me know what you think

-Isaac

[bwield]

Its a nice shot Isaac.
I would try cropping it down a little bit and possibly trying to brighten it up.
Also I like your flickr page, you have a nice eye for composition

[IsaacSteiner]

Its a nice shot Isaac.
I would try cropping it down a little bit and possibly trying to brighten it up.
Also I like your flickr page, you have a nice eye for composition

Oh, well thanks so much, Brendan. I really appreciate that.

I'll try to get another one, but hopefully a full moon, and I'll try you suggestions. I found when it was a bit brighter, you couldn't see quite as much detail, but I'm sure I could have brightened it up a bit.

Thanks again,

-Isaac

[iced]

Great shot looks sharp, the moon is hard to photograph, thanks for sharing.

[bwield]

Oh, well thanks so much, Brendan. I really appreciate that.

I'll try to get another one, but hopefully a full moon, and I'll try you suggestions. I found when it was a bit brighter, you couldn't see quite as much detail, but I'm sure I could have brightened it up a bit.

Thanks again,

-Isaac

Thats very true.. its a trade off between that detail and exposure

[IsaacSteiner]

Great shot looks sharp, the moon is hard to photograph, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the comment. With the full resolution photo, I could zoom right in, and see all the craters and everything.

Thats very true.. its a trade off between that detail and exposure

Yeah, it's kind of hard to get it just right. But I could have brightened it up, and not have lost much detail probably.

Thanks again guys,

-Isaac

[Scottnorwo]

Nice shot. A difficult target to get just right. Can't wait to see your next shot at the moon

[daacon]

A good Moon shot indeed . I agree with the croping comment. Well done.

[ajuett]

That is a very good first shot. The Moon takes a little practice and every camera/lens combo seems to require different settings. I set the camera to M mode and manual focus set to infinity. I set the Aperture to 1 stop below its fastest setting and then play around with shutter speeds until I get the right look.

Below is a Moon taken last April with the DA 50-200 (K100D Super)

f/6.3 (most likely), 1/400, 400 ISO



This was withe K200D and DA 55-300
f/11.0, 1/125, 100 ISO

[IsaacSteiner]

Nice shot. A difficult target to get just right. Can't wait to see your next shot at the moon

Thanks I'll most likely be posting the photo of the full moon. As long I don't forget.

A good Moon shot indeed . I agree with the croping comment. Well done.

Thanks a lot Next time I'll crop it a bit more.

That is a very good first shot. The Moon takes a little practice and every camera/lens combo seems to require different settings. I set the camera to M mode and manual focus set to infinity. I set the Aperture to 1 stop below its fastest setting and then play around with shutter speeds until I get the right look.

Thank you. Thanks for the tips on what settings to use.

I'm going to try 100 ISO, 1/30 sec. shutter, and maybe like F5.8 or F8.

Thanks everyone for the comments

-Isaac