My first attempt at shooting the moon...

[asterixsg]

Friends,
Here's my first attempt.
Please advise what I can do improve. Its a cropped image of the original taken at 200mm.

Settings used
Shooting mode : Manual
Shutter Speed : 1/10
Aperture : f/14
ISO : 100
Focal length : 200mm
White balance : Auto

[juLi]

wow!!

[WuffRuff]

I didn't know 200mm can get so close to the moon?
What time was it?

[CT 3833]

I supposed you took the shot with at least a TC1.7 ?

[asterixsg]

Originally Posted by WuffRuff I didn't know 200mm can get so close to the moon? What time was it?

No lah. How to get so close to the moon with 200mm ? Its so far away
As I said earlier, its a crop from the original image.

I shot it from the balcony of my service apartment when I went to Gold Coast last week. Around 7:30 PM local time.

[ice_princess]

The sky must be VERY clear that day! Not even a star sighted I din know the moon surface so bumpy one

[littlejt]

the reason you dont see stars is because they are all very underexposed due to the moon's reflected light....and the reason why there are so many craters on the moon is because it is called the earth's satelitte shield, where it adsorbs all the incoming meteors and comets.

hmm..asterix sg you should try sharpening it abit.. haha but overall, i like it

cheers

[asterixsg]

Originally Posted by littlejt the reason you dont see stars is because they are all very underexposed due to the moon's reflected light....and the reason why there are so many craters on the moon is because it is called the earth's satelitte shield, where it adsorbs all the incoming meteors and comets. hmm..asterix sg you should try sharpening it abit.. haha but overall, i like it cheers

thanks for the info. will shoot the moon over the next week to see how the craters show up at different phases.