How can I improve this shot? The "constructive criticism" thread ;)

[zackiedawg]

Your exposure was the killer...1 second is far far too long for the moon. ; Basically, think of the moon as a normal daylight exposure - it is after all fully illuminated by the sun! ; So with ISO100 and a middling aperture of F8 or so, you should be comfortably in the 1/100-1/250 region or faster.

Best approach for me is to use spot metering, and meter directly off the surface of the moon. ; If you don't have spot metering, then try setting the aperture smaller, F8-11 at least, in manual mode. ; Then set the shutter speed to say 1/500, and check your results. ; If you need a bit more light, slow the shutter 1 or 2 stops and try again. ; If too bright, move it up a step.

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Thanks Justin, I'll try that the next time I am out.

 

[Roger]

Yeah I think Justin answered it... ;

 

[Tim]

moon shots are also governed by the "Sunny 16" rule... ; 1/ISO at f/16 for starters. ; It is, in fact, sunlight. ; Give it a shot!

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Thanks for the help Roger.

 

[Scubamickey]

Re: How can I improve this shot? The "constructive

Love the idea of posting photos and getting feed back. ; I think that is a great way to learn.

 

[Dan]

Peer critiquing is important all around. ; This I have learned from my time taking photography classes.

It's not just having other people help you, you can learn when you critique other people's work. ; It's like.. since it's not your own work you might see things you wouldn't notice on your own since you're too close to it. ; At least I find that happens for me.

Also, I've since learned that even pros rely on peer critique. ; I've seen a video of sports photographers getting together at a sort of retreat type setting to critique each others work.

 

[turtleclanscott]

I don't think a new board has been started for this yet, so here is my shot. I liked the concept of the picture, but was not happy with the results. How could this have been better composed?

I would have liked more of Spaceship Earth in it, but the post-show building is any lower.

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Where were you standing? ; Could you have moved a little farther to your left?

 

[turtleclanscott]

I was off center to the left from the information center.

 

[PolynesianMedic]

I would think that if you were a bit more to your left, and as long as you were wanting to keep the overhead in the image, maybe even over by the entrance to Innoventions.

 

[zackiedawg]

Agreed - I think it might work a bit better if you moved to the left when taking the shot - that way the right side of the globe would be 'framed' by the curved arc of the center purple flag/post thing. ; That would let the mesh looking material diagonally bisect the globe, and with it being framed on the right roughly following that same curve, would give it better geometric composition.

It's a very cool idea, but looks hard to get just right!