Where's the best location to take the moon?

[andyseah]

Where's the best location to take the moon in Singapore?

Need a very dark place but I think Singapore is too bright.

 

[Dylan1987]

why do you need a very dark place to take? i took before at the side of my hdb flat and side of open space carpark before

the moon is bright, so using a fast shutter(1/300) n small aperture(f11-13), should be quite ok...

but well, i am not pro in this

 

[teoelisha]

You don't need a very dark place to shoot the moon. I shot from my kitchen window. I live on the highest floor of my apartment block.. So I didn't get any stray light coming in from the side. So perhaps you would want to get up high in order to shoot. Oh yes.. I turned off the kitchen lights..

 

[andyseah]

Thanks.... will go and try it out tonight if the moon is not hiding. Off the stabilizer, with tripod.

 

[dazism]

y wanna a close up shot of a moon or a landscape brighter up by moon light??

 

[Quadrifolio]

I like botanic garden by the palm garden

 

[Diavonex]

Shoot at the Sky Park at MBS

 

[andyleeyh]

Quick question. Do I need a very good lense to take photo of the moon? Haha. Pretty lame question but then again. I'm really new to all this. Thanks in advance.

 

[ionicbeam]

It depends on how much details you wish to resolve from the moon to be deemed satisfactory. You may try your telephoto at its 250mm end first, and go for higher focal length / better glasses to resolve more details. Others would also mount their camera bodies onto telescopes (>1000mm)

 

[andyseah]

Only have 70-200mm... hahaha...

 

[gundamseed84]

What I did was went up to some 16 floor flat, used 400mm lens and shoot, I still need to crop my image to 40% to get a tight pic of the moon.

So what you can do is use all the techniques for night shoot at 200mm end and crop.

 

[ecurbw]

Actually for moon can always shoot anywhere. Even at HDB flat or in your house....

Just need to adjust the exposure compensation (lower) so that the details on moon are clearer.

Took this yesterday but i din adjust the exposure

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150391397060360&set=a.10150388326470360.610488.800940359

 

[miketo]

Hi

took this at home on 26-09-10.


Moon Over Singapore 26-09-2010 by miketophoto, on Flickr

Aperture f/11.0
Lens Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 with Sigma TC 1.4
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO 200
White Balance 5000K
Manual
Tripod
Room Light Off
Exposure (1/200)
Spot metering
10 second delay
wireless shutter release
60% cropped.

 

[kei1309]

i use Aperture Priority, f8 ISO 800, and the 500mm reflex lens. using Spot Metering to meter on the moon itself so i don't have to worry about shutter speed

don't need to think about it too much. just shoot

 

[wasak2000]

Only have 70-200mm... hahaha...

taken handheld with AFS DX 55-200 VR f9 - ISO100 - 1/250

 

[fanatic75]

moonrise 8.12 pm, can try changi or east coast, will b big

 

[zenix84]

More importantly is whether there are high clouds. usually if you see many stars that is a good time.