Topic: Any moon shooters on here? (photography:))

[Rocking-M]

yep, I gave it a shot and found out all the pit falls.
Then it looks like I'll really have to fork over bucks if I want
to get the shot I really seek. I have no bucks.

First off, blooming caused by overexposure on my digital.
I want a shot with a crisp moon and moonlight on the surrounding hills.

[mystic_1]

Buy a second-hand film camera that has manual settings.  You'll have more control and a better lens system than most digital snapshot cameras   

mystic_1

[Uncle Ernie]

After i got off with a warning, I don't shoot the moon anymore. 
It's not like it hasn't been done already, anyway.

[Bob Wessner]

Overexposure on one's first attempt is quite common. The moon itself is brighter than you think. To photograph the moon itself, try f11, ISO 100 and 1/250 or 1/125 and bracket like hell. A lot will depend on the phase of the moon as well. Trying to get the correct exposure for the moon itself as well as moonlit landscape it pretty much impossible except around twilight times.

[BeSeeingYou]

Bob has some pretty good advice.  In these days of digital you can doctor it up in Photoshop.  Shoot the landscape you want and then take a second close up of the moon with the biggest lenses you can find and work the digital magic.  Yeah, it's cheating but is done more often than you think.  When I hook my camera directly to my telescope it becomes a 2000mm lenses and the moon will perfectly fill the 35mm size frame.

[Bob Wessner]

Yeah, it's cheating but ..

Tsk, tsk. 

Now if you are into image manipulation, how about the Frankencamera. 

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/august31/levoy-opensource-camera-090109.html

[78 k550]

After i got off with a warning, I don't shoot the moon anymore.  
It's not like it hasn't been done already, anyway.

LMAO just thinking of that scene in Hollywood Night where they come spinning around with a Moon.

What are you using now for a camera?

Paul

[Rocking-M]

After i got off with a warning, I don't shoot the moon anymore.  
It's not like it hasn't been done already, anyway.

LMAO just thinking of that scene in Hollywood Night where they come spinning around with a Moon.

What are you using now for a camera?

Paul

I don't think Uncle Ernie was using a camera.  

[Rocking-M]

oh wait, I was using a

Camera Model Name   Canon PowerShot A540
Shooting Date/Time   11/2/2009 6:42:56 PM
Shooting Mode   Manual
My Colors Mode   Sepia
Tv (Shutter Speed)   15
Av (Aperture Value)   4.0
Light Metering   Evaluative
ISO Speed   800
Lens   5.8 - 23.2 mm
Focal Length   5.8 mm

I've been checking few sites on moon photography and may have to drag my 35SLR out
and try some double exposure shots.

[BeSeeingYou]

The other way it was done in the days before digital was a double exposure.  You would take your landscape shot keeping in mind where you would place the moon in the underexposed area of the evening sky.  There is a way to cock the shutter for the next exposure without advancing the film.  Place the moon in the preselected  spot for the next exposure and set the camera for the proper exposure for a moon shot.  Many of those shots you have seen with the beautiful full moon showing all it's detail against a evening cityscape or other background were done this way.

[mrblasty]

In high school I laid in wait behind a dumpster for the school bus,as it rounded the corner I leapt out and mooned the whole lot.  What I failed to calculate was The bus driver recognizing me, or parts of me from earlier moonings(this wasn't my first).  He was super cool about it but told me knock it off.  Nobody got a picture because the exposures were all wrong.

[Duke McDukiedook]

Nothing quite like a moon tan at the moon tower shooting the moon...

Ahh... college. 

[tramp]

i've done it
you have to under expose and use time lapse
you will need a tripod

[clarkjh]

Here are a couple of digital shots I have taken.  I am thinking sun rise.  Sorry, no thumbs.

http://personalvault.aliant.net/invite/login?c=414c49414e543136393334363134&i=1aaa-1216e57733e-aliant_gemini1&t=f6ac50580763a448&r=mg&lang=en

James

[Rocking-M]

Here are a couple of digital shots I have taken.  I am thinking sun rise.  Sorry, no thumbs.

http://personalvault.aliant.net/invite/login?c=414c49414e543136393334363134&i=1aaa-1216e57733e-aliant_gemini1&t=f6ac50580763a448&r=mg&lang=en

James

good one James! Cloud cover here now, heading your way I think.

[MötleyRöx]

RM... you're gonna love this if you don't already know about it! 
Only available for Canon point and shoots at the moment.
I can do incredible things with my a590is that I could not do before.
If you need help or suggestions with the "Canon Hack Development Kit", I've played around with it a lot.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ

This is the site where I found out about CHDK...  http://hackaday.com/2008/05/27/how-to-expand-your-camera-with-chdk/
Also, go here... http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_for_Dummies

I'm sure all the DSLR lovers will argue this point, but it added to my $200 dollar camera what is very similar to DSLR functionality.
Since my point and shoot can also have add-on external lenses, the camera/chdk/and lens kit is about the best bang for the buck.



quoted from the chdk wiki...

I've made red the items that will be of most help to you in this "shoot the moon" experiment.

"Q. What does the CHDK program do?

A. CHDK enhances the capabilities of your camera in a non-destructive, non-permanent way.

After loading of CHDK program you will get the following functionality:

    * Shutter-priority (Tv) exposure - via shutter value override feature
    * Aperture-priority (Av) exposure - via aperture value override feature
    * Shooting in RAW, with RAW Average, RAW Sum, and RAW Develop features
    * Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
    * Zebra mode (a live view of over and under-exposed areas of your picture)
    * Depth-of-field (DOF)-calculator, Hyperfocal-calculator with instant Hyperfocal and Infinity focus-set, and more
    * Battery indicator
    * RAW and Video space-remaining gauges with custom low-limit alerts
    * USB cable remote shutter release
    * Motion-detection trigger - automatically fires camera on motion detection. (Fast enough to capture lightning strikes.)
    * Customizable high-speed continuous (burst) Shutter-based (Tv), aperture-based (Av) and ISO-based exposure bracketing (unlimited shots)
    * Focus bracketing (unlimited shots)
    * 99 constant bit-rate and 10 constant-quality video compression levels
    * Elimination of 1 Gig video-size limit
    * Zoom during video function (for cameras without this feature)
    * Shutter, Aperture, and ISO Overrides
    * Ultra-long shutter speeds - up to 64 seconds, and much longer on some cameras.
    * Ultra-fast shutter speeds - up to 1/10,000" and higher
    * High-speed Flash Sync at all speeds up to 1/64,000 second (even faster in some cameras)
    * Custom user-editable visible Grids for framing, cropping, and alignment
    * File browser
    * Text reader
    * Calendar
    * Some fun tools and games
    * Fully customizable CHDK display, info placement, user-colors, fonts in menus, etc.
    * Custom CHDK user menu (for instant recall of up to 10 favorite functions)
    * Scripts execution - including exposure bracketing, focus bracketing, intervalometer and more)
    * And other features too numerous to mention here. See the CHDK Firmware and Allbest Firmware usage pages for a more complete overview.

These features work on all camera models supported by CHDK. The camera does not need to have "related" or "inherent" features already present - CHDK will add the required functionality. New features are accessed through CHDK-specific menus, rather than the default camera menus.

As CHDK is continually evolving, new features are often added. Thus, some of the listed features depend on you using a version of CHDK that has those features. Check out the Downloads page for information on finding the right build for your needs."

And, to build on what others have said, bracketing will get you the pictures I think you're after.  What bracketing does is take several (as many as you set the camera to take) shots all at once but a different exposure for each shot, then in photoshop go to file>automate>merge to hdr.  This involves setting your color balances, etc.  What this will do for you is give you many exposures to work with and you can pull the best parts from each one to make a fantastic looking photo that you could never get from a single exposure... this is the new digital photography

[clarkjh]

Rocking-M
If I remember right it was a morning fog.  I thought I had some nice full moon shots some where, no not human.

James