Moon Over Bedok Reservoir

swimaniac · 17th March 2006

My first try at night photography. Comments would be greatly appreciated.

dr34mc4st3r · 17th March 2006

your thread title was misleading for me. might be nice to include view of the reservoir with the moon?

swimaniac · 18th March 2006

Originally Posted by dr34mc4st3r

your thread title was misleading for me. might be nice to include view of the reservoir with the moon?

Sorry, I could not get the moon and reservoir in because I brought the wrong lens. I was using a Tokina 80-400.

Will watch my titles in future

lenzz · 18th March 2006

no problem.. keep shooting.. nice try...

hopefulphoto · 20th March 2006

I really like your photo! I wanted to do something similar with a lake we have here. There was a full moon the other night when I was out and I thought it would make such a beautiful picture with the lake and then the moon reflecting over the water..but of course I forgot my camera and by the time I got back home and got to the lake, the moon had risen up a bit into the sky and wasn't really effective anymore.

shinken · 20th March 2006

You can also try shooting the moon's reflection with ultra slow shutter speed, tripod mount

Originally Posted by swimaniac

Sorry, I could not get the moon and reservoir in because I brought the wrong lens. I was using a Tokina 80-400.

Will watch my titles in future

sulhan · 20th March 2006

Originally Posted by shinken

You can also try shooting the moon's reflection with ultra slow shutter speed, tripod mount

Hiee...bro.

Ultra low shutter speeds...may not be that good to apply here as the moon is moving.
Long exposures unless you want streak of moon movement.

roygoh · 21st March 2006

If the moon is the main and only subject then sharpness and details are the key focus. A blurred picture of a moon is usually not very appealing. Do a search for moon pictures posted on CS and read on the setup and techniques. Some use telescopes and some use telephoto lenses with tele-converters. I have seen very successful pictures from both methods. That should help you to improve in your future attempts. For a start, auto-focusing rarely works for moon photography and even if you use manual focusing, you have to take a large number of shots in a session, re-focusing for every shot, and then pick out the ones that are the sharpest before applying any further processing.

shinken · 21st March 2006

Originally Posted by sulhan

Hiee...bro.

Ultra low shutter speeds...may not be that good to apply here as the moon is moving.
Long exposures unless you want streak of moon movement.

Yeah, that was the point, as the title suggests the inclusion of water, and he couldn't fit the water into the composition. I was overdramatic in the choice of "ultra", but 20-30secs exposure shouldn't be too bad right?

Soapa1125 · 21st March 2006

Don't look sharp enough to me.

Try using a good tripod, cause shooting things that is so far away is not easy. Still good try.

Cheers.

17th March 2006	#1
swimaniac Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 263	Moon Over Bedok Reservoir My first try at night photography. Comments would be greatly appreciated.

17th March 2006	#2
dr34mc4st3r Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,843	Re: Moon Over Bedok Reservoir your thread title was misleading for me. might be nice to include view of the reservoir with the moon? __________________ sony a700 \| km 5d \| m d7 film sig12-24/cz16-80/70-300g/sig400/lensbaby2.0

18th March 2006	#4
lenzz Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: India~SNG~HKG~dunno where.. Posts: 318	Re: Moon Over Bedok Reservoir no problem.. keep shooting.. nice try... __________________ my takes..

20th March 2006	#5
hopefulphoto Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 58	Re: Moon Over Bedok Reservoir I really like your photo! I wanted to do something similar with a lake we have here. There was a full moon the other night when I was out and I thought it would make such a beautiful picture with the lake and then the moon reflecting over the water..but of course I forgot my camera and by the time I got back home and got to the lake, the moon had risen up a bit into the sky and wasn't really effective anymore.

21st March 2006	#8
roygoh Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northwest Posts: 5,042	Re: Moon Over Bedok Reservoir If the moon is the main and only subject then sharpness and details are the key focus. A blurred picture of a moon is usually not very appealing. Do a search for moon pictures posted on CS and read on the setup and techniques. Some use telescopes and some use telephoto lenses with tele-converters. I have seen very successful pictures from both methods. That should help you to improve in your future attempts. For a start, auto-focusing rarely works for moon photography and even if you use manual focusing, you have to take a large number of shots in a session, re-focusing for every shot, and then pick out the ones that are the sharpest before applying any further processing. __________________ As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning and meaningful statements lose precision.

21st March 2006	#10
Soapa1125 New Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 48	Re: Moon Over Bedok Reservoir Don't look sharp enough to me. Try using a good tripod, cause shooting things that is so far away is not easy. Still good try. Cheers.