My First Moon Picture

[shane shaw]

Ok get the whip out and lash me. Tell me what I did wrong or maybe
right and how I can improve.

I used a Canon EOS 400D with a 300mm Zoom and with tungeston light.

I used a tripod and all the photos seemd to be about the same. Now
how
do I make the moon bigger and save it for you to see ? I have the
software and you can zoom in and out but it saves the same. Aso what
improvements can i use, I notice some people say to lock the mirror
is
this going to help.

I welcome all comments because when it comes to this I am a Virgin
so be gently :)

shane

http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/MelbMeadeScopes/photos/browse/4a33

Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time 1/04/2007 20:32:57
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/125Sec.
Av(Aperture Value) F5.6
Metering Modes Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF75-300mm f/4-5.6
Focal Length 300.0 mm
Image size 3888 x 2592
Image Quality -
Flash Off
White Balance Tungsten
AF mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style Standard
Parameters
Tone Curve : Standard
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : 0
Sharpness : 3
Color saturation : 0
Color tone : 0
Color matrix -
Color Space sRGB
File Size 458 KB
Dust Delete Data
No
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting

[RB]

I can't get the link to work shane.
You may want to just post a small version on here.

:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Hi Shane.

You have to be a member of MMSAATU to see your link. Use the "manage attachments" button when you make a post to browse to the jpeg image on your computer.

Regarding the picture - so this was taken with the camera on a tripod with a normal 300mm lens? To get a bigger scale you will need to crop out the moon from the centre of the image. It looks like you took the original photo and just resized it to 640x480, so the moon will be small in the middle.

If you crop the moon and then resize to 800x600 or so, the moon itself will be bigger in the frame. However at 300mm focal length, it's only going to appear so big.

Do you have a telescope? You'll be surprised at the results you can get if you just point the camera into the eyepiece and start snapping away. The moon will fill the frame then, and you'll get a much bigger image of it with more detail.

Once we see a bigger picture, we can work on the other details like exposure etc.

Good luck and welcome to IIS!

[davidpretorius]

welcome shane,

i assume the pic is good!

[bluescope]

Hi Shane

As none of us can see your image yet it's hard to give you tips. I have a full moon image on my website, which you can find in my profile, that was published in Australian Sky and Telescope magazine last year. That image was taken with a Canon 350D an FD70-210mm lens and a 2 x extender mounted on a Manfrotto tripod.
I also posted an image of the full moon from last night in this forum that you may have viewed. That was taken with my Canon 350D mounted on my 200mm telescope and the resolution and image scale is far superior to that achieved with the camera alone as you would expect.
Anyway upload your image to the site and we can all see it.

What software do you use to process your photos ? Most programs have a method of reducing the dimension of your image to e.g. 600x400 pixels and also compressing them for email purposes etc these days.

Cheers !:)