Photographing the moon

[AndWhyNot]

Matt Seabrook said:

Unfortunately I don't have a photo of the earth that I had taken my self. Space travel is a little expensive for a hobbyist photographer but if anybody is offering a free trip

Much of the NASA archive is Creative Commons so you can help yourself

[rxtx]

Whilst that's a nice photo Matt, you appear to have rotated the moon a bit, and it doesn't have that "natural" look

[Zad]

I must admit, I like faffing around taking Moon photos. It doesn't require the sort of setup you need for pretty much everything else in astronomy, and it is familiar yet constantly changing. I just wish I could justify spending a few quid on a 300-400mm lens!

This is tonight's (Saturday) on a Sigma 50-200mm on an Eos 450D.

[BrightYellowTVR]

This was taken using a 40D and a Celestrian scope 400mm (£60) and handheld, not perfect but shows good results vs outlay in my opinion.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Celestron-Travel-Scope-70-...

Cheers,
Jon

[Pupp]

One of only two pics I've ever had faved on Flickr is a moonie...

Green Cheese by pupp777, on Flickr

[james_tigerwoods]

My 200mm just doesn't cut it, but this is my effort

[Fubles]

Moon by MatthewsG, on Flickr

This is my effort from a little while ago, Canon 60d with a 55-250

iso 100, 250mm @f9 for 1/80.

Needed to be cropped quite a bit but I don't think it looks too bad.

[TigerS6]

Here is my effort - I took it quite a while back, and the original is about 8000px wide

[jmorgan]

Nice one.

[rich888]

Brilliant pics

[Dave46]

Some great pics here, my first try using my D5300 & 55-300 really need a tripod

Moon1 by davegoodhand, on Flickr

[Dave46]

One of the full moon last night



Full Moon 5 December 1 by davegoodhand, on Flickr

[fitz1985]

Nice shot Dave

[Ed_P]

I did this one on 3rd December. Canon 300mm F2.8 plus 2x tele-converter on a 5D3; 1/160th at F9, ISO 100. I kept increasing the shutter speed until it looked right, then a bit of contrast adjustment, sharpening and a square crop.

Gibbous Moon by Ed Phillips 01, on Flickr

[crowfield]

My attempt. I overdid the sharpening a bit

moon2 by Graham_King, on Flickr

Pentax K5, Sigma 150-500 Tripod mounted and using remote shutter

[Dan_1981]

My first ever attempt from earlier this week. Handheld at 300mm

Probably gone a little to far with the PP

DSC_0058 by Dan_1981, on Flickr

[rich888]

Just a reminder to everyone that there will be a rare super moon lunar eclipse this weekend (September 27th and 28th).

More info at: http://www.space.com/30427-supermoon-total-lunar-e...

[TheRainMaker]

This was taken with a 70-200 F4

Moon by The Rain Maker, on Flickr

[Top Banana]

Taken last night. Pentax K3 with an old 70's russian 3M-5A MTO 500mm mirror lens


September moon by jon bawden, on Flickr

[jmorgan]

Just messing with the new camera.
Canon 7D, 70-300 canon lens with stabiliser off, 1/200 and f8 with a two second delay to prevent shake. ISO 160. No remote release yet. Cropped 1:1 from the image.

Edit. think this was spot metering as well, when the focus point was off the moon the moon was glaring.

Edited by jmorgan on Sunday 27th September 07:51