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Pretzel

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Here ya go @nikonpup and @PapaST - the original (just cropped) followed by the edited version to keep 'em close for comparison.

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gqtuazon

Gear Head
Nice and clear skies from San Diego.

Nikon 300mm f4 AF-S. Cropped.

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Boatboy24

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Help! I'm still a total rookie, but we had a great moonrise tonight and I was hoping to get something decent. Instead, I got these. Same situation the other night. I'm using a tripod, and had VR on the other night. I turned it off tonight, and thought that might do the trick, but my results were pretty much the same. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I know I forgot to set the exposure comp back to 0.0, but aside from that, I'm stumped. Super moon tomorrow, and it is supposed to be pretty clear here. Thanks!!

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Rick M

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Boatboy24 said:
Help! I'm still a total rookie, but we had a great moonrise tonight and I was hoping to get something decent. Instead, I got these. Same situation the other night. I'm using a tripod, and had VR on the other night. I turned it off tonight, and thought that might do the trick, but my results were pretty much the same. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I know I forgot to set the exposure comp back to 0.0, but aside from that, I'm stumped. Super moon tomorrow, and it is supposed to be pretty clear here. Thanks!!

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Spot meter, cut ISO down to about 200 and adjust the EV as needed. You need more shutter speed.
 
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RON_RIP

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Here is my try at a moon shot. Since I'm unsure my exif shows I will say that I had to go to F27 at ISO 100 with shutter at 1/15 to get anything I could recognize. Lens was55-300 at 300mm, hand held with vr enabled. What could I have done besides using a tripod to improve this shot? _AAA3104 - Version 2 - 2014-07-11 at 23-17-17.jpg
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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RON said:
Here is my try at a moon shot. Since I'm unsure my exif shows I will say that I had to go to F27 at ISO 100 with shutter at 1/15 to get anything I could recognize. Lens was55-300 at 300mm, hand held with vr enabled. What could I have done besides using a tripod to improve this shot? View attachment 100470
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Why go to F27? I shoot hand held all the time and I shoot program, 1/300 minimum shutter speed. I use spot metering and let it figure everything. I only shoot one shot. I showed my wife tonight how to set her D7000 and she got it first shot.

Model NIKON D7100
Capture Date 2014:07:11 21:18:41
Shutter Speed 1/400
Aperture f/5.6
ISO200
Exposure Comp.0.00 EV
Focal length 300.00mm
Lens 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6

Read more: http://nikonites.com/low-light-night/2361-moon-shots-46.html#ixzz37DvGzHVf
 
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