Hi all 😃
This morning sees the last full moon of 2020, so I thought I’d have yet another go at capturing it. Up until today, all my shots of the moon were over-exposed & subject to the dreaded camera shake (even when using a tripod). My awesome wife found a video on YouTube by Paul Farris at Photo Genius.
I knew what was going wrong with previous shots, and had mostly got the issues sorted, but no matter how hard I tried, couldn’t get rid of camera shake (every time I pressed the shutter release, there was shake 😩). Apparently the trick is as simple as using the timer on the camera 🤔 Having watched the video, I set up & headed into the back garden at about 5am, pitch black & a chilly -3℃. I say pitch black, apart from the moon obviously 😂
Some of the shots were over exposed & lacked definition.
Some were under exposed but with good definition.
…and finally, I think I manged to hit the sweet spot 🎉 with good definition & exposure level 😃 with a shutter speed of 1/60 s 🤘
These are wonderful. You should see my poor attempts!
Perseverance pays off Jez 🙂
Must be over the moon you are, Jez.
These are indeed wonderful captures and thanks for sharing the video 🙂
Thanks, Hammad 😊
Well done!
Thanks for the tips, although I could have used it when Jupiter and Saturn approached, recently.
He’s got some other videos that I’m going to have alook at 😀
Excellent shots.. I was tempted last night but knew I would end up with just a white ball
Well done Jez! I have more than my fair share of glaring white blobs masquerading as a full moon. 🙁
Congratulations 😀
Thanks, Becky 😊