Moon Venus conjunct

[Richard D]

[GentryDixon]

1. Wow. Nice.

[Richard D]

2. Thank you!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Wow! How beautiful!

Really stunning!

What equipment did you use?

The moon's detail is amazing!

:applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[ManiacJoe]

4. According to the EXIF data:

Nikon D300
18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
@ 200mm
1/125
f/10.0
ISO 400

[Richard D]

5. Damn!

Thank you.

All my secrets are made public.

Yeah. Surprising how much you have to lessen the exposure to get a good moon shot. Had I shot with the meter it would have been like 3 seconds wide open and blown it all out. I did some manipulation on the raw file, but not a whole lot.

[ManiacJoe]

6. Moon shots tend to be tricky for first timers.

Everyone forgets that the moon is in direct sunlight (sunny f/16 rule), but the surrounding sea of black will confuse the built-in light meter on anything except spot mode.

Opanda's Iexif plug-in is great for checking the common EXIF data fields. If you want to see it all, try ExifTool.

For a challenge try a lunar eclipse. Here you need to be careful about slow shutter speeds because the moon is moving at a good pace. If I remember correctly any slower than 1/15 of a second will get you some motion blur.