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<blockquote data-quote="Dawg Pics" data-source="post: 829410" data-attributes="member: 26505">I can see where you were going with the landscape shots.&nbsp; You have leading lines into each, but with the top image, they don't really lead to anything.&nbsp; It could still be a nice image, though with maybe a tighter composition of something.&nbsp; Ultimately, you have to decide if you like it. The top image looks hazy and soft from fog, I am guessing.&nbsp; I kinda like the pier image. I have no thoughts on what to do better on that one other than sharpness. All of the images are soft, but I don't know why.&nbsp; Do they look sharp when you are processing them? Could just be the file size on here, maybe.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face&nbsp; &nbsp; :thinking:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" data-shortname=":thinking:" />The moon is a bright subject when it is full, so you need to close down the aperture or shoot at fast shutter speeds, so it doesn't get blown-out.&nbsp; Try ISO 100, f11, 1/325th or so, see how it looks and make some adjustments from there.&nbsp; You want to lower the ISO to have less noise in the background, fast shutter speeds when zooming because the moon moves fast through the FOV and shoot on a night when the atmosphere is steady.&nbsp; Twinkling stars means lots of atmospheric disturbance.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you look at the moon and it has steady focus, you are good to go.&nbsp; If it is going in and out of focus from atmospheric disturbance then it is better to just shoot on a different night. You might know some of this stuff, I don't know, so I thought I'd share what I know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dawg Pics, post: 829410, member: 26505"] I can see where you were going with the landscape shots. You have leading lines into each, but with the top image, they don't really lead to anything. It could still be a nice image, though with maybe a tighter composition of something. Ultimately, you have to decide if you like it. The top image looks hazy and soft from fog, I am guessing. I kinda like the pier image. I have no thoughts on what to do better on that one other than sharpness. All of the images are soft, but I don't know why. Do they look sharp when you are processing them? Could just be the file size on here, maybe.🤔 The moon is a bright subject when it is full, so you need to close down the aperture or shoot at fast shutter speeds, so it doesn't get blown-out. Try ISO 100, f11, 1/325th or so, see how it looks and make some adjustments from there. You want to lower the ISO to have less noise in the background, fast shutter speeds when zooming because the moon moves fast through the FOV and shoot on a night when the atmosphere is steady. Twinkling stars means lots of atmospheric disturbance. If you look at the moon and it has steady focus, you are good to go. If it is going in and out of focus from atmospheric disturbance then it is better to just shoot on a different night. You might know some of this stuff, I don't know, so I thought I'd share what I know. [/QUOTE]

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