Super Blue Moon Wednesday evening!

[David MacNeill]

Would the 27x on the M3 give your a close enough perspective to make a good shot. Just wondering.

I plan on trying it so we will see tonight.

 

[Kolman Rosenberg]

The best advice I can give on shooting the moon is to underexpose until you begin to see detail, otherwise you will just have a blob of light. Drone vibration may prevent you from getting really sharp detail.

 

[Dronecation]

My first "serious" photography attempt with my new Air3 will be tomorrow evening at moonrise. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac in a leafy suburb at around 2500 ft elevation. Our street points straight East, so I plan to launch from the center of the circle to get above the trees and houses as Luna rises, probably around 50-100 ft. I'd like to get some buildings in the distance to contrast with the super moon, which has the effect of making it look even bigger than it really is. I hope it isn't too windy!

Anybody else ever try to shoot the Moon? Any advice would be most welcome.

I was 'mooned' by a great horned owl once and caught it on camera.... lol

 

[mobilehomer]

Mavic 3 Classic. Not too bad for a first try. I cropped waaay in. Just don't pixel peep too much.

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[EssenYVR]

I was 'mooned' by a great horned owl once and caught it on camera.... lol

In my case it was a rude chestnut...

 

[David MacNeill]

Well I went out last night at moonrise, took a couple of shots, and they were as terrible as some here predicted. So I grabbed the Nikon, the long lens, and tripod, set the metering to Spot, and squeezed off a few dozen shots at various zoom levels and different perspectives.

My Mac is disabled today due to new flooring being installed in my studio, so I won’t have a deep look at any of it until Saturday. Sorry for the anticlimax, folks.

 

[New England Droning]

My first "serious" photography attempt with my new Air3 will be tomorrow evening at moonrise. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac in a leafy suburb at around 2500 ft elevation. Our street points straight East, so I plan to launch from the center of the circle to get above the trees and houses as Luna rises, probably around 50-100 ft. I'd like to get some buildings in the distance to contrast with the super moon, which has the effect of making it look even bigger than it really is. I hope it isn't too windy!

Anybody else ever try to shoot the Moon? Any advice would be most welcome.

Just after I got my Mavic 3 Pro I shot the moon just after dawn in May. I was also using the digital zoom I believe. Drone or regular camera, the only way to get detail in the moon is to have the moon rise before sunset. If the sun's light is gone from the sky then the landscape is way to dark compared to that disk reflecting the sun at us. Basically you have to shorten the exposure so the moon isn't blown out but in doing so the ground doesn't reflect enough light so it goes to black...

 

[New England Droning]

Would the 27x on the M3 give your a close enough perspective to make a good shot. Just wondering.

It's works pretty good actually. (25x). My first attempt is later in the posts

 

[Heckmaniac's Drone]

Using my Air 3 last weekend. 15-20 min after sunset using 70mm zoom, locked ISO at 100 and auto shutter and -2 ev. Still capture some fine detail of the moon - better than most I’ve found.

 

[Dale D]

Using my Air 3 last weekend. 15-20 min after sunset using 70mm zoom, locked ISO at 100 and auto shutter and -2 ev. Still capture some fine detail of the moon - better than most I’ve found.View attachment 169869View attachment 169870

Nice result! First image is excellent.

 

[GFields]

Using my Air 3 last weekend. 15-20 min after sunset using 70mm zoom, locked ISO at 100 and auto shutter and -2 ev. Still capture some fine detail of the moon - better than most I’ve found.View attachment 169869View attachment 169870

Nice photos