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Hi everyone

I'm new to pro-photography and last night i was trying out moon shots

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f/11.0 @250 mm
100 iso

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Canon 550D/T2i
http://www.flickr.com/photos/huraifha/

Nice shot, what's the shutter speed?

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Thanks Evan
it was 1/30

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Canon 550D/T2i
http://www.flickr.com/photos/huraifha/

This is presumably a tri-pod mounted shot? Also, were you using the mirror lock up function? Mirror lock up can really reduce image blur.

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Yeah I used a tri-pod for this shot but I didn't use the mirror lock up
I actually didn't know what this feature was till now.... I googled it and i'll try again
Thanks a lot

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Canon 550D/T2i
http://www.flickr.com/photos/huraifha/

No problem, I can't wait to see your next batch of shots!

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Great attempt. Aperture is about right maybe could be opened up a little. As for shutter speed this should be around 1/250th min, the moon is a fast moving object and considerably bright so such a shutter speed would be ample.

Also see if you can use a longer focal length, on a cropped sensor the moon is about 1mm on the sensor for every 100mm of focal length. At about 500mm it will start to fill the frame nicely.

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Lee Diggle
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