Comments on: How to Photograph the Moon

By: Craig Waters

Craig Waters — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:23:31 +0000

wow! Great article and I wish I had read it before last Saturday for the super moon. Unfortunately, it was very cloudy in my location on Saturday at moon rise, but it cleared around d midnight and I went out with my Canon T2i and 200 mm zoom. I got pretty good pics, but after reading your article I realized I had the f stop too low (open) and the craters, while visible, are muddled. But I know better for next time. I’m also looking for tips on lightning photography. Do you have an article on that and can you point me to it, if so?

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:53:08 +0000

Thank you–worked perfectly!

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:57:01 +0000

Thank you! I was very happy with the images I captured tonight thanks to your advice.

By: Jason Weber

Jason Weber — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:36:17 +0000

Michael, I’m in the same boat.. I am trying for the shot tonight (5/4/12) around 6:41 Mountain time for the moon rise and again tomorrow (5/5/12)for the setting and rising around 8:00. Definitely worth trying both or all three nights. Good Luck.. I think the official Full Moon will be officially Full Moon on 5 May 2012 at 9:36 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. i found this useful.. http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php

By: Michael Hare

Michael Hare — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:20:44 +0000

Nasim, don’t know if you will see this since such an old article , but specialized situation this weekend , a Supernoon . I loved the article , my problem for this shot I have not encountered before . Sunset and moonrise is only one minute apart on May 5 , 2012 . The next night the moonrise (day after full moon) the rise is more than an hour after sunset . I can’t think of a way to get a good shot on the ”official” full moon in those relatively bright light conditions. Any ideas ? My best is to just shoot on the day after , I presume the moon size will still be above average in appearance. Or shoot the landscape shot on May 5 , and moon on 6th and superimpose .

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:19:51 +0000

Thanks for the great tutorial! I have tried a few times with my 70-200 but without a tripod. Will try your tips and hopefully get as good pictures as your random examples ;-)

By: Aiman Zhafransyah

Aiman Zhafransyah — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:44:44 +0000

Hi Nasim,

I tried your tips last night and it really works! Here’s the link of the moon captured in Flickr:

http://flic.kr/p/bB8eFH

Thanks for the useful tips and keep them coming!

By: Kirat

Kirat — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:18:59 +0000

Hi, it was really really helpful!Thank you so much.I needed some advice.

I have Nikon D5100 and 55-300mm AF-S DX Nikkor lens.
- I am eyeing Tamron 2x SP Teleconverter.Is it good?Also, do you recommend using a teleconverter or a dedicated telescope for moon photography?P.S. that I am a hobbyist.

- Lastly, if I am using a teleconverter which affects the aperture by 2 stops, what aperture would you recommend?

Thank you.Once again a very helpful post sir.

By: ace

ace — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:19:24 +0000

Nice, thank you so much for your information. It helps me a lot.

By: Nasim Mansurov

Nasim Mansurov — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:47:28 +0000

You are most welcome Mahan!