Almost Full Moon

Ana · **Joined:** Jul 08, 2011 **Posts:** 285

hi....here i am again

i hope you don't mind but i just couldn't resist for posting this photo of moon.....full moon...i mean almost full moon.
I shoot him three hours ago.

Alonte · **Joined:** Jun 04, 2011 **Posts:** 254

cool shoot! where did you take it?

Ana · **Joined:** Jul 08, 2011 **Posts:** 285

Alonte wrote:

cool shoot! where did you take it?

From Croatia

2-ton · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:05 pm **(#4)**

that is a great photo, what camera did you use?

merrak · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:09 pm **(#5)**

Wow! I'm impressed. I've tried to get moon shots before, but I never had much luck. I probably need a tripod.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

2-ton wrote:

that is a great photo, what camera did you use?

Camera Maker: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.

Camera Model: SP800UZ

Image Date: 2011-07-14 20:41:08 (no TZ)

Focal Length: 147.0mm (35mm equivalent: 840mm)

Digital Zoom: 1.770x

Aperture: f/5.6

Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)

ISO equiv: 400

Exposure Bias: none

Metering Mode: Matrix

Exposure: Creative Program (based towards depth of field)

White Balance: Auto

Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)

Orientation: Normal

Color Space: sRGB

GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined

Caption: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

(wondering why the flash, and why trying ti enhance depth of field).

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

merrak wrote:

Wow! I'm impressed. I've tried to get moon shots before, but I never had much luck. I probably need a tripod.

Not really needed. The full moon is a fairly bright object and you shoot at reasonably high speeds, even considering the long focal lengths (but then most cameras are stabilized those days). Ana's photo was shot at 1/250s, and with other settings it could have been as high as 1/1000s.

Willy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:49 pm **(#8)**

ofnuts wrote:

2-ton wrote:

that is a great photo, what camera did you use?

Camera Maker: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.

Camera Model: SP800UZ

Image Date: 2011-07-14 20:41:08 (no TZ)

Focal Length: 147.0mm (35mm equivalent: 840mm)

Digital Zoom: 1.770x

Aperture: f/5.6

Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)

ISO equiv: 400

Exposure Bias: none

Metering Mode: Matrix

Exposure: Creative Program (based towards depth of field)

White Balance: Auto

Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)

Orientation: Normal

Color Space: sRGB

GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined

Caption: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

(wondering why the flash, and why trying ti enhance depth of field).

stalker

Offtopic :

yes I know it's in the file info

2-ton · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:02 pm **(#9)**

I know how to get info with windows, but not with mac. There is no info in the r click menu. I think I need lessons in macish.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16270

It should be in the image properties from the Gimp menu.
Or is that the RAW data Ofnuts?

I got to admit i am wondering why the flash myself...but i know i always forget to turn mine off. :lol

So kudos to getting such a great shot.I wish i could get a closeup like that.Maybe when i can afford a better camera.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:26 pm **(#11)**

Beautiful!!! Great shot.

Amanda47 · **Joined:** Mar 08, 2011 **Posts:** 155

Wow, I don't think I can see that much detail in the moon with just my eyes... Nice camera and great shot!

Ana · **Joined:** Jul 08, 2011 **Posts:** 285

sorry guys for not posting my answers but i was so
sleepy and tired.
so ...i shoot this photo with olympus sp800uz just like Ofnuts had wrote.
i'm not a pro when it comes to photography but when i took photos of the moon with flash i get so much detail in the moon...and when i do that without flash it came out like the blur ball.
also i used tripod (really little tripod) and a self timer
to reduce camera shake.

thank you all for your compliments on this photo....i really appreciate .

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Rod wrote:

It should be in the image properties from the Gimp menu.
Or is that the RAW data Ofnuts?

I got to admit i am wondering why the flash myself...but i know i always forget to turn mine off. :lol

So kudos to getting such a great shot.I wish i could get a closeup like that.Maybe when i can afford a better camera.

EXIF data from the JPEG, with whatever utility at your disposal. Since I also hang round a lot in photography forums, I use a Firefox extension called FxIF that adds an "EXIF data" item to the right-click menu on images.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

Ana wrote:

sorry guys for not posting my answers but i was so
sleepy and tired.
so ...i shoot this photo with olympus sp800uz just like Ofnuts had wrote.
i'm not a pro when it comes to photography but when i took photos of the moon with flash i get so much detail in the moon...and when i do that without flash it came out like the blur ball.
also i used tripod (really little tripod) and a self timer
to reduce camera shake.

This is because you used some kind of scene mode. You camera doesn't understand that you are trying to shoot an interesting bright object in the middle of a dark field of little interest. So it computes an exposure time for the whole and that's too long. With the flash it thinks it will light up the background and uses a shorter exposure.

Ana · **Joined:** Jul 08, 2011 **Posts:** 285

i didn't know that ....and yes that's right Ofnuts:)
i used a scene mode.
as i said before i'm still new in photography so it takes time for me to learn some stuff...