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Originally Posted by M_Six
Tried a full moon shot with the 400 5.6 and 1.4x TC. Very humid out there tonight, though. Lost some definition, I think.
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As Mark points out, the most likely thing to foil your moon shots is atmosphere. The other thing is that many noob moon shooters don't take into account how bright the moon is and over expose it.
Induro asked me to write a piece about shooting the moon and they put it their blog at:
http://blog.indurogear.com/how-to-ph...ing-your-mind/
Perhaps I overplayed the need for a tripod, given my sponsor. I rarely use the tripod anymore if its a grab-shot. If I plan to shoot a series, then I'll set up the tripod to save my arms. Here's a grab-shot from last week, off my balcony, 1,000mm at 1/80-sec. hand held. Proving that the IS on the new Series II 500mm is simply amazing:
Gibbous Waxing Moon by
dcstep, on Flickr
The dark areas are due to clouds on earth, causing me to slightly over expose the lower right quadrant. Pulled Shadows up, Highlights down, added a ton of Contrast and Micro-Contrast and that's it.