Wow, great shot. What camera, lens and settings did you use?

Pentax DS, RAW, Sigma 70-300mm DG APO, 1/125, F8.0, ISO 200, Manfrotto tripod and a lovely clear night , I was very pleased to see the camera actually auto focus on the moon because these AF lenses are a bit fiddly to focus manually.

Wish I had a great moon shot - I just make them up in PhotoShop - half of them aren't even the moon!

Skies were quite clear in Adelaide last night. Took this with my Pentax DS, sigma 100-300 and pretty much same settings as you.



I did some enhancing of levels, contrast and sharpening. (Maybe too much sharpening).

Wow, awesome!! The definition is amazing!

I must try tonight if it's not too cloudy...

Nice polar ice caps. :o Yes I think a bit too much sharpening, what software are you using? Is that less than 100% crop, the image is a bit smaller, I am interested because I have seen some press about some of the XX-300mm lenses not really being 300mm.

Here are some of my semi sucessfull moon photos;



"Shy Moon"

Moon Above - Melbourne Australia
Camera: Canon EOS 350D

* Make: Canon
* Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
* Shutter Speed: 1/2000 second
* F Number: F/5.6
* Focal Length: 300 mm
* ISO Speed: 800
* Date Picture Taken: Jul 20, 2005, 9:08:15 PM



"Lunar Park"

Moon Above - Melbourne Australia
Camera: Canon EOS 350D

* Make: Canon
* Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
* Shutter Speed: 1/125 second
* F Number: F/5.6
* Focal Length: 300 mm
* ISO Speed: 100
* Date Picture Taken: Jul 17, 2005, 6:10:01 PM



"Shy Moon"

Moon peaks out from behind the clouds - Camberwell, Melbourne
Camera: Canon Eos 350D

* Make: Canon
* Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
* Shutter Speed: 1/1250 second
* F Number: F/5.6
* Focal Length: 300 mm
* ISO Speed: 100
* Date Picture Taken: Nov 7, 2005, 6:19:07 PM

I could have done this but decided not too. :/

Pete - The enhancing was done with photoshop, I just got carried away trying to get as much detail as possible. I cropped out a fair bit of black sky leaving the moon at 100%. I couldnt get any closer with the 100-300 sigma lens.

Looking back at my moon now, it looks more like a negative of a moldy orange...

Some great work here, I love moon shots but can never seem to get mine sharpo enough.

A big tripod and Mirror Lock Up seem to make all the difference.

Peted Wrote:A big tripod and Mirror Lock Up seem to make all the difference.

What does the "Mirror Lockup" actually do??

In an SLR it lifts the mirror up and locks it and then waits for some time (usually 2 seconds) then fires the shutter. This is done so that any small vibrations caused by the movement of the mirror stop before the shot is taken. It is more important when the shot can be ruined by very small movements such as macro and when using slow shutter speeds with high magnification.

My moon shots aren't very good either. These are great.

For all parties in the Northern Hemisphere the next full moon is on the 15th December