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Blue moon halo
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Thats my good side
that's you without hair. Oh no.
The other day, I looked at this photo. I had shot some about the same time, however it was cloudy and I had to catch it in some of the breaks in the clouds. I was using the 70-300 nikon lens at a focal length of 300. Shutter and aperture settings were different, and I had trouble getting a good picture. Focus was a big problem! I tried manual and auto focus. Using live view. Auto was terrible as it tried to focus on clouds, etc. Manual worked but for only one shot and it wasn't as clear as your picture, Old-hippie, or as clear as I would have liked it. My question is: What do you "old" guys with fading eyes/eyesight find as a good method for focusing photos like this? Any tricks? Tomorrow is supposed to be a good "Super Moon" and if it's not cloudy, I will try again, so all tips will be appreciated. Thanks
cwgrizz: are you using spot metering? your shutter speed is really slow. Not sure if spot metering will help, as I'm a newbie, but that was what helped me get much better moon shots. Your aperture at f40 is really small too. I'm not sure what mode you're in, but opening the aperture up may help you get a faster shutter speed.
RocketCowboy
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Thanks for all who responded to my inquiry here. Let me add a little to clarify. First I was shooting Manual mode. I played around with the Aperture and shutter speed settings as I saw the results in the LCD display. Some pictures were really washed out, so I compensated with aperture or shutter settings. Funny thing was that the picture I posted was one of the first few I took. Many were blurred to the point the moon was almost oblong like focus was not good. I had VR shut off, camera on a tripod (not as heavy duty as probably should have had) and focus setting was Manual (that is where the eyesight question came in. Ha!) I used the Live View mode to set focus. (I did try Auto-focus, but it didn't work at all.) I don't think the type of metering comes into play in Manual mode. If it does, maybe that is part of the problem. ?? Charlie, I don't think I had the D5300 set to Auto-ISO, because I haven't found that option. Only the changing it 100, 200, 400, etc. Ha! I think for all of the pictures I took were taken at ISO 200 (not sure as I deleted all but the one posted and I forget after using film cameras for years, that the ISO can be changed easily. Ha!)
PP with Capture NX-D, I just couldn't get the RAW fixed to a point where I was even close to being happy. HA! I still have a lot to learn in the PP scheme of things, however.
Also, I did not have much time to play with settings as the clouds were really fighting to keep the moon covered up. Tonight, with the super moon, I have only seen a very small part of it due to clouds and I did not want to fight the mosquitoes while waiting/hoping for an opening to play. Ha!
PP with Capture NX-D, I just couldn't get the RAW fixed to a point where I was even close to being happy. HA! I still have a lot to learn in the PP scheme of things, however.
Also, I did not have much time to play with settings as the clouds were really fighting to keep the moon covered up. Tonight, with the super moon, I have only seen a very small part of it due to clouds and I did not want to fight the mosquitoes while waiting/hoping for an opening to play. Ha!
