On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:25 AM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > Thanks John I will try again and yeah I know not good to try and capture a > full on moon but hard to pass up.
The moon is an excellent test subject because it doesn't really vary that much. In and of itself, there's only so much you can do artistically with it. But if you want to compare two telephoto lenses, or tripods, on any clear night, the moon is going to be pretty much the same. As a matter of fact, if you keep track of what exposures you use for photographing it, after a while you shouldn't even need to meter. Someone pointed out to me that the sunny 16 rule works with the moon. For what it's worth, I've got a few attempts at the moon in my night photo collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612290300186/ I've tried different lenses, and teleconverters versus cropping and pretty much came to the conclusion that if I want the best quality photo of the moon, I should just buy one from someone with the proper equipment, such as a telescope on a clock drive. > > Jeffery > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John > Coyle > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:58 AM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: A few more pictures > > I'm not a cat person myself, so the subject is only OK for me! But, a > distinct improvement with the exposures, Jeffery, you seem to be nailing > that. For the moon shot, if memory serves me right you need to overexpose > by 2-3 stops compared with the automatic meter setting to get a bright moon > surface (correct me if I'm wrong, PDML'ers!) > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Jeffery Johnson > Sent: Thursday, 17 February 2011 1:57 PM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: A few more pictures > > Here are a few more pictures that I have taken with my K-R. Again I am only > using and only have access to the kit lenses and do be gentle. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/sets/72157625946181733/ > > Jeffery > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
