MOON PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

MOON PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

By: Ritesh Kumar Prasad.

Everyone’s had that feeling looking up at a moon that looks like it can’t be real.

And phone out and snap a photo. And it just looks like a little blob.

That’s because moon photography is hard.

Tips for capturing epic Moon photos.

·         No Hands

When capturing something as far away as the moon, any little nudge to your camera can completely

Ruin the photo, if you don’t have a tripod, prop the phone against a book or your beer or anything that’s not your hand.

In the same vein, use a timer. Nearly  every phone and DSLR have a built-in timer so you are not bumping the camera when you press the shutter button .you might also be able to setup voice assistance to snap the photo for you, and if you have a remote , even better.

·         Lower Your Exposure

if you are using a phone, you are going to want to tap the moon and drag that exposure slider down probably as far it can go if you want any chance at seeing details on the moon’s face.

if you are using a DSLR, bring the IOS down to something around 200.this will bring overall noise down .then bring your f/stop up to lengthen your depth-of-field and have a better chance of getting the moon in focus .then for your shutter, do not leave it open long enough to turn the moon into a bright, blurry orb.

·         Turn off night mode

Night mode is a great thing to take photos in low light, but when trying to capture details in a bright moon, we have to disable the feature.

Because when night mode is on, it lets as much light in as it thinks is necessary, and will most likely always blow out the brightest the thing   in the frame, which in this case will be the Moon.

·         Shoot in High Resolution

If you are able to shoot in RAW or another high-resolution photo format so you can edit them later.

Canon EOS 450d

300.0mm · ƒ/10.0 · 1/3200s · ISO 160