It's called the pink Moon in Native American culture because around this time of year the pink flower phlox subulata blooms. The Moon never turns pink :) Nice to see you getting involved in the backyard astrophotography though Gary!
I loved the moon video and music at the end. I also would like to see some trees or a reference point - hills or buildings The F11 trick sounds a good idea
One of my very first attempt at shooting the moon as a newbie..I had shutter burst on a caught a bat flying past my lens and gave an excellent silhouette
Brilliant Gary! I was chasing the pink early doors, and then fell asleep on the couch with all my gear ready! Never has snooze you loose been more appropriate! Really enjoyed that, class edits at the end. Thanks Gary, stay safe...
Hi Gary, That was an interesting one, I,ll try the F 11 recipe and see how I get on, glad you did,nt wake the missus, keep your heads down and stay safe both of you , all the best Ian
Great video Gary, think you'll more likely to get colour in the moon at moon rise and moon set, just for the same reasons sunsets are so good and colourful. Looking forward to seeing the edit. Many thanks John
Your composite with the trees looks fantastic! I'm not a big fan of the shots with the moon alone, I've done it a couple of times and the moon is always the same :) except it's a lunar eclipse. But it's definitely a good exercise in case you shoot the moon with environment in the future. Great tutorial. I normally use f2.8 or f3.2 for the lone moon, it allows to use the ISO 100 and faster shutter speed. f11 might be good for learning but may happen to be an overkill in general.
What a start. My misses is sleeping upstairs and it's 3am-ish... Can't imagine trying to make a video with her sleeping 🤣🤣 Great video thanks for the tips! Also, I can't believe there was a lunar(or anything arriving related) event and it wasn't cloudy 😂
Another rule for digital photography is to err slightly overexposed-yet not to the point of image blowout-instead of underexposed. If you underexpose a digital image, increasing the exposure in post also brings in excess digital noise. However, decreasing the exposure slightly will yield much better results, as it does not bring in digital noise. Thanks for this tutorial !!
After making a dog’s dinner of moon photography last night I watched your video, did as you said and have just been out in the garden for a second attempt. I am pleased to report it really is as simple as you say and works really well. Thank you 😊
Nice and simple, if it’s clear again tonight I’ll give it a go. I’ve been a bit put off seeing other techniques that stack multiple images etc. And anything that has any kind of f11 rule must be good. Thanks Gary, a nice short and to the point instruction, and a good choice in music as well.
Dear Gary,nice shots captured of Moon, it's possibly you had that 800 mm and you can move in that close.. I did clicked few of them on that day immediately after moon rise and luckily found it in full pink. Followed the F11 rule but was handheld , camera was Canon 800d,Tamron 18-400 super zoom lens.My pictures taken are no where near by yours,but this was my first attempt and attempted as we are being locked down 😃. Pictures are posted on FB and Viren Shah is the FB id..
Hi Gary, apparently there's not much else to do for landscape photography bloggers in lockdown...I saw your video just as was finalising mine. Glad to see your tips are pretty much what I have said too :-) Gave you a shout out in my video and linked to yours from my end screen. Keep up the great work and stay safe. Cheers from Aus, Ian
Pink, blue, green or silver, I don't care. All I know is that I took some shots of the moon tonight using the "Formula 11" that Gary explained in this video, and they have come out great. And hand-held too. When I pass them through Luminar in the morning, I am sure they will shine. I used Canon M50 with Tamron 18-400mm EF-S lens at 400mm. F11, 1/400 sec at ISO 400. The elevation was about 15°. So the moon was not at its brightest. So, thank you Gary 🙏. You saved my day. Never knew about Formula 11 before.
Awesome as always Gary, now I just need to wait for the next supermoon, Thanks for sharing and stay safe , dont forget to try the frozen flower technique in my flower power video, I would love to see what you can come up with.
Nice one Gary! Your final image was nearly as good as mine - LOL. I didn't notice any pink in the Moon, whilst I was taking my photos, but several were a little pink'ish, when I reviewed them on my computer. Great fun! Ian :-)
Cracking shot Gary. ive loved being able to get the camera out and shoot in my garden. Apparently its only called the pink moon as the native americans named all the big full moons and this one was called the "pink moon" as its appearance coincided with the blooming of the pink blossom.
Great video Gary thanks very much for making this video big help to me as I like taking photos of the moon but always have a problem with the settings thanks to you I will be able to get a better photo from now on and I love the part at the end of the video with the moon came 👊👍
I was as keen as you Gary out there at 3am and my moon didn't turn pink,got some cracking pics though so not all bad, look forward to Sunday to see how to post process.
Hope you got a few nice shots too. It's only called a pink moon because of a reference to a native flower (Google it). Don't worry, it fooled me too :)
Shooting the moon is fun & quite easy imo. Using my crop bodies in the past with a full frame 400 mm lens gave me good results will ALL filters removed of coarse. I've had good results shooting from f/8 - f/11 & ended up with iso's of 160 +- at speeds from 1/160 through 1/360 +- depending on how the light hit the sensor. I also found that with BB focusing, I am easily able to auto focus on a bright moon using a shutter cable switch, mirror lock-up & spot metering along with center A/F... If I got ( 1 ) real winner out of perhaps 15 or 20 attempts, I was a happy camper...I haven't done any of this yet with my 5DM3 full frame body just yet... Caught this presentation on the BIg Screen last night, i.e. ( streaming ) & only recently figured out how to give a " thumbs up " in this medium watching on TH-cam! Bill on the Hill, Vermont, USA...:~)
Thanks for the tips, you make it so simple which is just what I need. Really clear images, sure I could see Neil Armstrong's flag. Hope you didn't wake the missus up when you climbed back into bed!
Love the hushed voice Gary. I once used an electric razor on an early morning start, at that moment in time I learnt it was far quieter and better for my health to have a short beard instead 😂
we had blanket cloud so no super moon for us in Bath. However, moonrise last night was as pink as a pink thing but I wasn't ready for it - doh! Have another look tonight....
I guess pink moon here was to do with moon rising and catching low sunlight as it had sat a wee while before. I'll see if I can send you my rubbish effort.
Hello I just shot are 2023 supermoon. I shot a different full moon before to try and figure out how it works. On the super moon I set the same settings same time are they where blown out brilliant light bulb. The super moon being 14% brighter really made a big difference. I just rolled my shutter speed back to 3200 and the dark grey was where I wanted it. A little focus and I'm a happy camper. Not sure if that was the right way to solve it. It worked just fine. Thank you for all your help❤
Thank you. ¿Was it a single shot? If yes, where did you focus, in tbe moon ir the tree. Or fusion of two separate shots? I dont mannage focus and expose correctly, to the moon and the building/landscape, in one shot.
I usually use f8 though I will try f11 next time. My gear is eos 7Dii with sigma 150-600 contemporary with it bloody heavy on my poor Slik Pro travel tripod,...lol
I always use manual for my moon pics and now I have a Canon 80D I can use the live view and the focus zoom. I have done what Tony Northrop suggested, handheld with the Canon kit lens 18-135, f8, 1/160, ISO100. I've tried the same settings on the Canon 55-250 lens with tripod and the suggestions of a guy I saw the other day, who I forget his name, but he said f11, 1/80, ISO100 and they've all worked great. Obviously a lot sharper using a tripod which I've normally used in the past with past bridge cameras, but then I wanted to try out Tony Northrop's handheld suggestion out to see if it worked. It shows you can still get great results with basic kit lenses, but I would ask my mate if I could borrow his 400mm lens if we didn't have the lockdown. ☹ I did fool my friends by adding a pinky brown colour to my full moon pic the other day though. 😂 I'm now doing the moon as it gets a smaller lit up area so I can study every crater across the surface. I was actually outside at 4am tonight doing some pics of it, watched your video, always love your videos Gary, and now going to bed. 😊
Hi Gary …enjoyed your video. I watched another video recently and the gentleman used the 500 rule for photographing the moon. Then I came across your instructions. Can you explain the difference between F11 and 500 rule ? I have a Nikon P950 and have not attempted manual yet. I’ve only been in shutter or aperture mode but ready to make the leap. Charlotte
Great video, I'm an amatuer TH-camr and that will help me a lot, I want to try videoing some moonlit cloudscapes. I like an instructional video where the narrator takes a breath between sentances instead of editing so that all the sentances just become one long sentance. Nice work. 👍
I had my x2 converter on. The widest I could go zoomed in was F11 plus F8/F11 are usually the sharpest apertures. What's wrong with shooting at ISO 400/800?
@@GaryGough I do some deep space astrophotography, when the weather, time and finance allows ( not in the last five years ). The issue with using a long lens designed for terrestrial photography, regardless of their price and spec is the field curvature at the very edges and coma. On the rare occasion that I used camera lenses for wide field imaging a front aperture mask goes a long way to sort out the problems and also, it will not make the star spike unlike the built in aperture blades of a camera . Those spikes might look pretty on a photo but you really don't want them in astro imaging.
Great tips and video! Thank you. How do you photograph the moon with surrounding clouds?i always get a moon with a black background even when there are clouds around.
Gary just saw the video, great shot! I have a question, why wasn't your metering set to zero, I was under the impression when shooting in Manual you adjust Shutter and ISO to get to zero?? Am I wrong?? Again, beautiful shot!!!
I am getting ready for the milk moon on 7.5.20 Gary. I am going manual mode but not getting the trees between the moon in focus - in manual mode . Pls guide me
I have one problem, lens what I have is tamron 18-400mm. And have no tripod ring. Only handheld can shoot. Do you know is there option or some tripod ring for it? Thanks
AAAhhhh yes, I'm Loving my Uncle Photographer at work at 2 AM, or working for us subscribers at silly O' Clock in the morning... But Just think. If you woke up my Auntie Photographer and let her know how a new drone could get up there and take an even greater image of that moon.. She might get impressed and say 'yes'. I remember a couple vids ago the last drone got away. I pray that you get a new drone when this plague breaks away.
Tony Northrup from Tony & Chelsea said F8 was a good aperture to shoot the moon? I guess what ever floats your boat as long as it floats lol " Nice job".
What bridge camera have you got, Graham Houghton TH-cam would be a good direction for moon shots for bridge cameras, especially the Panasonic Lumix FZ200, 300 etc, I have had excellent results from a bridge camera with 600mm equivelent thanks
I am not sure why it does not work for me but the Looney or Lunar 11 Rule just does not work for me? Especially as the moon begins rising. Once it is in the sky, I have very dark images using this Lunar 11 Rule? I have to use ISO 1000 f11 and shutter of around 1/80? Please explain lol
Go out and do it again in a couple of day when the moon will be far more dramatic with the shadows starting to show on the craters. A full moon is the equivalent of the sun being directly above you, so no shadow at all across the surface.
Try to focus on the edge of the moon. Also, if you are in Live View are you able to zoom in on the image and focus using digital zoom. I have a Nikon and I have set up the center button to zoom in 1005 when in live view. You should be able to get a pretty good sharp edge. also if you photograph the moon on one day either side of the full moon you should be able to get detail in the craters on the edge of the moon due to the terminator effect. The moon looks full but it is slightly not full. Good luck Gary. I posted some moon pics on Facebook at Michael Durkan Photography. see what you think. :-)
The exposure settings are similar to what you use on planet earth - it receives about the same amount of light that we do here. You want the moon correctly exposed, not space.
It's called the pink Moon in Native American culture because around this time of year the pink flower phlox subulata blooms. The Moon never turns pink :) Nice to see you getting involved in the backyard astrophotography though Gary!
i totally forgot about the pink moon that he mentioned. but now i understand thanks
Great tutorial. Well explained with clear instructions. Thanks from Waterdown, Canada
Thanks for the tips Gary! I never heard of the Lunar F11 rule. I'll have to try it.
Cheers Tommy
Thanks for sharing Gary ! Great stuff as always.
You're welcome Alex. Thank you for your continued support. It means an awful lot at the moment xx
Thanks Gary! Tonight blue moon
Cheers Pablo
No one explained so easily how to photograph moon......thanks a lot.
I loved the moon video and music at the end.
I also would like to see some trees or a reference point - hills or buildings
The F11 trick sounds a good idea
Glad youl iked it 👍👍
Great tips and Great picture gary, look forward to sundays vlog
Cheers Carl
As alwas, great! Brief and powerful tips. Thanks again Gary...
Thank you
Lovely stuff Gary ,as always cheers mate
Many thanks
Great tip that Lunar F11 rule. Happy Easter
Cheers 👍👍
Glad I found you Gary so much useful knowledge
Excellent thank you .. full moon tonight and I'm looking forward to trying those settings. Mike
One of my very first attempt at shooting the moon as a newbie..I had shutter burst on a caught a bat flying past my lens and gave an excellent silhouette
Beautiful; great instructions.
Thank you!
brilliant gary thanks for showing us that, loved the image
Cheers Jim
Fabulous simple guide nice one!
Great video and thanks for sharing the method.
Cheers Mark
So happy to have found your channel, thank you very much sir!
Brilliant Gary! I was chasing the pink early doors, and then fell asleep on the couch with all my gear ready! Never has snooze you loose been more appropriate! Really enjoyed that, class edits at the end. Thanks Gary, stay safe...
Thanks my good friend 👍👍
Hi Gary, That was an interesting one, I,ll try the F 11 recipe and see how I get on, glad you did,nt wake the missus, keep your heads down and stay safe both of you , all the best Ian
Cheers Ian
Excellent image and video.
Thanks Charles
Thanks will be having a go tonight. Stay safe.
Thank you 👍
Thanks for the video Gary. I didn’t know the F11 rule so that was great help. Going to go out and try that on the next decent moon. Cheers Keith
Great video Gary, think you'll more likely to get colour in the moon at moon rise and moon set, just for the same reasons sunsets are so good and colourful. Looking forward to seeing the edit.
Many thanks
John
Cheers John. It's only called a pink moon because of a reference to a native flower (Google it). Don't worry, it fooled me too :)
Thank you, Gary from August 2023 🙌
Me in September 2023😊
Your composite with the trees looks fantastic! I'm not a big fan of the shots with the moon alone, I've done it a couple of times and the moon is always the same :) except it's a lunar eclipse. But it's definitely a good exercise in case you shoot the moon with environment in the future. Great tutorial. I normally use f2.8 or f3.2 for the lone moon, it allows to use the ISO 100 and faster shutter speed. f11 might be good for learning but may happen to be an overkill in general.
Great video Gary that final image is stunning 👌👍
Cheers Chris
What a start. My misses is sleeping upstairs and it's 3am-ish... Can't imagine trying to make a video with her sleeping 🤣🤣
Great video thanks for the tips!
Also, I can't believe there was a lunar(or anything arriving related) event and it wasn't cloudy 😂
I'll will try your F11 formula.
I usually switch my lens to manual focus then zoom magnify my subject using live view.
Hope it worked well for you?
nice! i like that F11 rule
Wow the epic music
Cheers
Thank you Gary I’ve been struggling for years with this 😊
Thanks Gary, I needed to see a quality video, this will do nicely! cheers.
Thank you xx
Another rule for digital photography is to err slightly overexposed-yet not to the point of image blowout-instead of underexposed. If you underexpose a digital image, increasing the exposure in post also brings in excess digital noise. However, decreasing the exposure slightly will yield much better results, as it does not bring in digital noise. Thanks for this tutorial !!
Love your videos fella, thank you 👍🏻
After making a dog’s dinner of moon photography last night I watched your video,
did as you said and have just been out in the garden for a second attempt.
I am pleased to report it really is as simple as you say and works really well.
Thank you 😊
Thanks Anne
Nice and simple, if it’s clear again tonight I’ll give it a go. I’ve been a bit put off seeing other techniques that stack multiple images etc. And anything that has any kind of f11 rule must be good. Thanks Gary, a nice short and to the point instruction, and a good choice in music as well.
Cheers Gaz. See you Sunday :)
Cracking vlog Gary Great info and results I will have a bash tonight I believe there’s a Green Comet due at end of month 😍👍👌
I'll look out for it. Cheers
Shhh I like your video.
:) Thanks
I liked this a lot Gary, look forward to Sunday. keep those hands washed.
Cheers Peter, stay safe
I didnt know that rule 11, thx for the video
Cheers
Great shots Gary, good contrast considering the moon was full, love the shot with the tree, really gives the shot context.
Cheers Steve
Very good effort.
Dear Gary,nice shots captured of Moon, it's possibly you had that 800 mm and you can move in that close..
I did clicked few of them on that day immediately after moon rise and luckily found it in full pink.
Followed the F11 rule but was handheld , camera was Canon 800d,Tamron 18-400 super zoom lens.My pictures taken are no where near by yours,but this was my first attempt and attempted as we are being locked down 😃.
Pictures are posted on FB and Viren Shah is the FB id..
Glad you liked the video. thank you
Hi Gary, apparently there's not much else to do for landscape photography bloggers in lockdown...I saw your video just as was finalising mine. Glad to see your tips are pretty much what I have said too :-) Gave you a shout out in my video and linked to yours from my end screen. Keep up the great work and stay safe. Cheers from Aus, Ian
Cheers Ian. I've just watched your video too, it's excellent. I think you'll find our moon in the right way up though :) Stay safe
You are amazing 🌸
Pink, blue, green or silver, I don't care. All I know is that I took some shots of the moon tonight using the "Formula 11" that Gary explained in this video, and they have come out great. And hand-held too.
When I pass them through Luminar in the morning, I am sure they will shine.
I used Canon M50 with Tamron 18-400mm EF-S lens at 400mm. F11, 1/400 sec at ISO 400. The elevation was about 15°. So the moon was not at its brightest.
So, thank you Gary 🙏. You saved my day. Never knew about Formula 11 before.
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video
Awesome as always Gary, now I just need to wait for the next supermoon, Thanks for sharing and stay safe , dont forget to try the frozen flower technique in my flower power video, I would love to see what you can come up with.
Cheers John. I just watched your video, it's a belter. I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks for making and sharing it 👍
@@GaryGough Thanks Gary, I appreciate the kind words, stay safe over there.
Nice one Gary! Your final image was nearly as good as mine - LOL. I didn't notice any pink in the Moon, whilst I was taking my photos, but several were a little pink'ish, when I reviewed them on my computer. Great fun! Ian :-)
Cracking shot Gary. ive loved being able to get the camera out and shoot in my garden. Apparently its only called the pink moon as the native americans named all the big full moons and this one was called the "pink moon" as its appearance coincided with the blooming of the pink blossom.
Thank you. Yeah a few people have mentioned it :)
Music is superb. What’s it? Epidemic sound?
Very nice and sad I missed it. I last tried a few years ago but did it from inside which wasn't ideal.
Cheers
Crystal clear fantastic.
I went on my roof to capture the moon rising 😁
Thanks Brian 👍👍
Wow!😮👍
Great video, I was tucked up in bed. but you took some great photos.
Thanks xx
Great video Gary thanks very much for making this video big help to me as I like taking photos of the moon but always have a problem with the settings thanks to you I will be able to get a better photo from now on and I love the part at the end of the video with the moon came 👊👍
I was as keen as you Gary out there at 3am and my moon didn't turn pink,got some cracking pics though so not all bad, look forward to Sunday to see how to post process.
Hope you got a few nice shots too. It's only called a pink moon because of a reference to a native flower (Google it). Don't worry, it fooled me too :)
Immediate after moon rise chances are to see Moon at pinkish side.
Shooting the moon is fun & quite easy imo. Using my crop bodies in the past with a full frame 400 mm lens gave me good results will ALL filters removed of coarse. I've had good results shooting from f/8 - f/11 & ended up with iso's of 160 +- at speeds from 1/160 through 1/360 +- depending on how the light hit the sensor. I also found that with BB focusing, I am easily able to auto focus on a bright moon using a shutter cable switch, mirror lock-up & spot metering along with center A/F... If I got ( 1 ) real winner out of perhaps 15 or 20 attempts, I was a happy camper...I haven't done any of this yet with my 5DM3 full frame body just yet...
Caught this presentation on the BIg Screen last night, i.e. ( streaming ) & only recently figured out how to give a " thumbs up " in this medium watching on TH-cam!
Bill on the Hill,
Vermont, USA...:~)
Thanks for the tips, you make it so simple which is just what I need. Really clear images, sure I could see Neil Armstrong's flag. Hope you didn't wake the missus up when you climbed back into bed!
Cheers Nick. Obviously I still got the mandatory bollocking when I got back into bed :)
Love the hushed voice Gary. I once used an electric razor on an early morning start, at that moment in time I learnt it was far quieter and better for my health to have a short beard instead 😂
lol Cheers Andy. P.s I still hot a bollocking :)
Super explanation and checklist perfect. But you light meter is under exposed? You purposefully kept like that? If so why?
we had blanket cloud so no super moon for us in Bath. However, moonrise last night was as pink as a pink thing but I wasn't ready for it - doh! Have another look tonight....
Oh nooo It's only called a pink moon because of a reference to a native flower (Google it). Don't worry, it fooled me too :)
I guess pink moon here was to do with moon rising and catching low sunlight as it had sat a wee while before. I'll see if I can send you my rubbish effort.
Hello I just shot are 2023 supermoon.
I shot a different full moon before to try and figure out how it works.
On the super moon I set the same settings same time are they where blown out brilliant light bulb.
The super moon being 14% brighter really made a big difference.
I just rolled my shutter speed back to 3200 and the dark grey was where I wanted it. A little focus and I'm a happy camper.
Not sure if that was the right way to solve it. It worked just fine.
Thank you for all your help❤
I wish I had seen this last night when I made my own dog eared attempt - you have inspired me to try again though.
Hope it went well? cheers
Thank you. ¿Was it a single shot? If yes, where did you focus, in tbe moon ir the tree. Or fusion of two separate shots? I dont mannage focus and expose correctly, to the moon and the building/landscape, in one shot.
How u added trees there? could you please also add that explanation in your video sir? thank you.. this photo is amazing..
Use the cameras spot meter. The moon is grey after all = perfect exposure.
That's what I did for a first attempt.
Good channel btw. Gaz
If spot metering worked for you Gary then that's all that matters :) Cheers. Stay safe
I usually use f8 though I will try f11 next time. My gear is eos 7Dii with sigma 150-600 contemporary with it bloody heavy on my poor Slik Pro travel tripod,...lol
The F11 rule is just a great starting point.
Which times 2 tele convertor are you using? Great video and thanks for the ideas!!
Thanks for the video. The Lunar F11 Rule is only for Fullmoon - Light?
it's only a guide . It won't be far off even during a partial moon.
Great vid, I have a question, if I want to shoot at f32, how can I apply the "rule of 11 ?
I always use manual for my moon pics and now I have a Canon 80D I can use the live view and the focus zoom. I have done what Tony Northrop suggested, handheld with the Canon kit lens 18-135, f8, 1/160, ISO100. I've tried the same settings on the Canon 55-250 lens with tripod and the suggestions of a guy I saw the other day, who I forget his name, but he said f11, 1/80, ISO100 and they've all worked great. Obviously a lot sharper using a tripod which I've normally used in the past with past bridge cameras, but then I wanted to try out Tony Northrop's handheld suggestion out to see if it worked. It shows you can still get great results with basic kit lenses, but I would ask my mate if I could borrow his 400mm lens if we didn't have the lockdown. ☹ I did fool my friends by adding a pinky brown colour to my full moon pic the other day though. 😂 I'm now doing the moon as it gets a smaller lit up area so I can study every crater across the surface. I was actually outside at 4am tonight doing some pics of it, watched your video, always love your videos Gary, and now going to bed. 😊
Hi Gary …enjoyed your video. I watched another video recently and the gentleman used the 500 rule for photographing the moon. Then I came across your instructions. Can you explain the difference between F11 and 500 rule ? I have a Nikon P950 and have not attempted manual yet. I’ve only been in shutter or aperture mode but ready to make the leap. Charlotte
Hand held f5.6 , 1/250sec, 100 ISO and of course 300mm (450 full frame) works for me with VR switched on 👍
Cool 👍
Great video, I'm an amatuer TH-camr and that will help me a lot, I want to try videoing some moonlit cloudscapes. I like an instructional video where the narrator takes a breath between sentances instead of editing so that all the sentances just become one long sentance. Nice work. 👍
I've always been using 1/250s, f8 and ISO100. Should I be at f11?
Brandon C F8 is perfectly fine.
Do you select spot metering or matrix for moon shots Gary Tia. Ray
Use your histogram. Then it won't matter 👍👍
What is that tall tripod ? Thanks
For apsc it works different. I did it at 1/4000 f6.1 iso 400 it is perfect
There is no depth of field issues with a subject at that distance, so why stop down and not keep a lower ISO for cleaner image?
I had my x2 converter on. The widest I could go zoomed in was F11 plus F8/F11 are usually the sharpest apertures. What's wrong with shooting at ISO 400/800?
@@GaryGough I do some deep space astrophotography, when the weather, time and finance allows ( not in the last five years ). The issue with using a long lens designed for terrestrial photography, regardless of their price and spec is the field curvature at the very edges and coma. On the rare occasion that I used camera lenses for wide field imaging a front aperture mask goes a long way to sort out the problems and also, it will not make the star spike unlike the built in aperture blades of a camera . Those spikes might look pretty on a photo but you really don't want them in astro imaging.
Michael,would love t see your work,what is your you tube channel,I will subscribe and be ready to learn,thank you.
Does the f11 rule also apply to 4/3 sensor camera?
Great tips and video! Thank you. How do you photograph the moon with surrounding clouds?i always get a moon with a black background even when there are clouds around.
Multiple exposures or the clouds can be silhouettes of course.
Gary just saw the video, great shot! I have a question, why wasn't your metering set to zero, I was under the impression when shooting in Manual you adjust Shutter and ISO to get to zero?? Am I wrong?? Again, beautiful shot!!!
Is that the image stabiliser kicking in at about 4.30.
I am getting ready for the milk moon on 7.5.20 Gary. I am going manual mode but not getting the trees between the moon in focus - in manual mode . Pls guide me
How did you get on?
Gary Gough sorry didn’t get that
I shoot mine in aperture priority only. ISO 800 and underexpose by at least 2/3 stop, I never have any issues with pic quality .
what do you prefer mm lens in moon for wedding photography,
Various for wedding photography. 24-70mm + 70-200mm Hope that answers your question?
@@GaryGough bcuz, my client needs like this bigger moon than the couples. without edited moon
I have one problem, lens what I have is tamron 18-400mm. And have no tripod ring. Only handheld can shoot. Do you know is there option or some tripod ring for it? Thanks
AAAhhhh yes, I'm Loving my Uncle Photographer at work at 2 AM, or working for us subscribers at silly O' Clock in the morning... But Just think. If you woke up my Auntie Photographer and let her know how a new drone could get up there and take an even greater image of that moon.. She might get impressed and say 'yes'. I remember a couple vids ago the last drone got away. I pray that you get a new drone when this plague breaks away.
Fingers crossed for the new drone :)
Tony Northrup from Tony & Chelsea said F8 was a good aperture to shoot the moon? I guess what ever floats your boat as long as it floats lol " Nice job".
A little tip. Turn off your lens stabilizer and autofocus for low light shoot.
Not necessary when using Canon Pro Lenses. Good tip for cheaper lenses though 👍👍
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What about a bridge camera thats has no interchangable lens
What bridge camera have you got, Graham Houghton TH-cam would be a good direction for moon shots for bridge cameras, especially the Panasonic Lumix FZ200, 300 etc, I have had excellent results from a bridge camera with 600mm equivelent thanks
I am not sure why it does not work for me but the Looney or Lunar 11 Rule just does not work for me? Especially as the moon begins rising. Once it is in the sky, I have very dark images using this Lunar 11 Rule? I have to use ISO 1000 f11 and shutter of around 1/80? Please explain lol
Stupid cloud here in north Lincolnshire. Telescope ready along with the camera but no moon 🤬🤬. Cheers for the video.
I'm in south Lincs and was clear, no pink moon but very bright
It's only called a pink moon because of a reference to a native flower (Google it). Don't worry, it fooled me too :)
Cheers Steve It's only called a pink moon because of a reference to a native flower (Google it). Don't worry, it fooled me too :)
Go out and do it again in a couple of day when the moon will be far more dramatic with the shadows starting to show on the craters. A full moon is the equivalent of the sun being directly above you, so no shadow at all across the surface.
Agree Jim 👍 I'll shoot it after the weekedn. Stay safe
Now you say f11 ... but your 2x teleconverter loses 2 stops of light so do you take that into consideration or not. ..
No Paul. The stops of light simply meant I couldn't have shot the moon @ F5.6. That's where the 2 stops of light went. Hope that made sense
I’ve tried a number of times but I always seem to be out of focus even when manually doing it via live view. Any tips?
Try to focus on the edge of the moon. Also, if you are in Live View are you able to zoom in on the image and focus using digital zoom. I have a Nikon and I have set up the center button to zoom in 1005 when in live view. You should be able to get a pretty good sharp edge. also if you photograph the moon on one day either side of the full moon you should be able to get detail in the craters on the edge of the moon due to the terminator effect. The moon looks full but it is slightly not full. Good luck Gary. I posted some moon pics on Facebook at Michael Durkan Photography. see what you think. :-)
The exposure settings are similar to what you use on planet earth - it receives about the same amount of light that we do here. You want the moon correctly exposed, not space.
Cheers Paul