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Chamaeleontidae · 08-15-2006, 08:43 PM

I shoot just about everything at ISO 100, unless it's a low light situation or I need to shorten the shutter speed to make hand holding easier. When I'm shooting the moon, I use a tripod, and set the camera to Shutter priority and then bracket my shots around what the camera wanted to shoot in automatic mode. On this night shutter speeds between 1/3 and 1/10 of a second worked best for the getting the moon detail.

For the second shot (just the moon)
Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE
TV(Shutter Speed) 1/4
AV(Aperture Value) 5.6
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 300.0 mm
White Balance Mode Auto

For this shot I choose one of the shots where the moon wasn't too blown out and the background wasn't too dark, then with the camera's software output the image twice. Once a little darker to get the moon detail, and then lightened the shot up to get some foreground detail and re exported. then I took the moon from the darker version and dropped into the lighter version. I used PhotoShop's "feather" feature to make sure there were no harsh lines around the dark moon.

For the first shot (to get the moon)
Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE
TV(Shutter Speed) 1/10
AV(Aperture Value) 4
Exposure Compensation -1
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 75.0 mm
White Balance Mode Auto

For the first shot (to get the background)
Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE
TV(Shutter Speed) 1/10
AV(Aperture Value) 4
Exposure Compensation +2
ISO Speed 100
Focal Length 75.0 mm
White Balance Mode Auto

Hope that helps...

08-15-2006, 08:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
Chamaeleontidae aka: freakylongname Location: South of the Great While North	I shoot just about everything at ISO 100, unless it's a low light situation or I need to shorten the shutter speed to make hand holding easier. When I'm shooting the moon, I use a tripod, and set the camera to Shutter priority and then bracket my shots around what the camera wanted to shoot in automatic mode. On this night shutter speeds between 1/3 and 1/10 of a second worked best for the getting the moon detail. For the second shot (just the moon) Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE TV(Shutter Speed) 1/4 AV(Aperture Value) 5.6 Exposure Compensation 0 ISO Speed 100 Focal Length 300.0 mm White Balance Mode Auto For this shot I choose one of the shots where the moon wasn't too blown out and the background wasn't too dark, then with the camera's software output the image twice. Once a little darker to get the moon detail, and then lightened the shot up to get some foreground detail and re exported. then I took the moon from the darker version and dropped into the lighter version. I used PhotoShop's "feather" feature to make sure there were no harsh lines around the dark moon. For the first shot (to get the moon) Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE TV(Shutter Speed) 1/10 AV(Aperture Value) 4 Exposure Compensation -1 ISO Speed 100 Focal Length 75.0 mm White Balance Mode Auto For the first shot (to get the background) Shooting Mode: Shutter-Priority AE TV(Shutter Speed) 1/10 AV(Aperture Value) 4 Exposure Compensation +2 ISO Speed 100 Focal Length 75.0 mm White Balance Mode Auto Hope that helps... __________________ "Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs." Robin Williams.