Sridhar, Taking a picture of the moon is taking a picture of a landscape in full sunlight! You need the same time and f-stop as you would use on a sunny day. (1/100 second at f 11?)
Because most of the framed area is dark, an average metered exposure will try to make the night appear as day. The Moon then is overexposed by many stops. What you have is a cloud of light around the real Moon, because your lens is not prefect and will splash some light near the correct focusing spot. The moon you see above the white cloud of light is an internal reflection of the real moon off of one of the internal surfaces of the elements of your lens. Try a manual setting with a much quicker speed. Regards, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > This pic is one of my first attempts at the full moon > (last month) and Im confused and dissappointed. > please check it out and opine. > http://photojo.com/galleries/SharedPhotoLogin.asp?album_id=4188 > > the password is < pentaxdiscuss > > > Im confused - which is the moon? the question arises > as the bright intense image wasnt there in reality. > Is the moon is in the center of the bright image. > then how come the 'ghost' image of the moon above it ?? > > I used a Tokina 50-250 at f4 and this was a multi-second > exposure (sorry not sure how long). > shorter exposures were not print-worthy (!). > > whats wrong and what should I be doing next time? > thanks in advance. > -Sridhar - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
