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Shooting the (Harvest) Moon

// October 7th, 2006 // No Comments » // hacks, moon, photo, photo hack, photograph, photography, tips, tricks

Harvest moon,
originally uploaded by billspaced.

Taking photographs of the moon can be challenging, if you don’t know how. However, once you know how, it’s super-easy. You’ll get great results if you follow these simple rules:

1. Set your camera to full Manual mode
2. Set your shutter to 1/250
3. Set your aperature to f/11
4. Shoot on a tripod
5. Use a shutter release or your timer to minimize shake
6. Zoom in as close as you can get (a 200mm to 300mm telephoto lens works well)
7. Set ISO to lowest possible value (generally, ISO 100 or on some cameras ISO 50)

That’s about it. Your image most likely will need some touch up in Photoshop, but it shouldn’t require a lot of modification. If it does, shoot again!

Tonight offers a prime opportunity to photograph the moon

// October 6th, 2006 // No Comments » // landscape, moon, photo, photo hack, photograph, photography, photohack, scenery, tips, tricks

The moon is set to appear about 12% bigger tonight, due to it being closer to the earth tonight. Even sweeter is the fact that it’s a full moon.

So set up your tripod and start shooting. Recommended: Tripod!, remote shutter release or use the camera’s builtin self-timer. Set your camera to Manual mode and set the f-stop to f/11 and the shutter to 1/250. This should keep everything in focus and give you a good exposure. Of course, try other settings — experimentation is the essence of the art.