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I wasn't particularly happy with the first one. I noticed that on my 70-300mm I get a lot of haze at night from the city. Will a ND filter help correct that? It's really hard to get the moon, so any tips for shooting the moon at night would be awesome!
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Thanks for looking.

 

Some good, sharp shots of ATL.

 

Thanks. Except the more I look at the first one the more I hate it.

Any tips for shooting the moon properly?

 

ahhh i envy you man, my hometown i miss it, nice shots they look awsome!

 

i have feeling that steezy tegs going to have a dslr soon. lol and nice shots!

 

^lol i bought one on tuesday im still practicing with it so i have no good shots, i bought the D40 from ej1-freak off here

 

See my sig.

ISO 250 on these shots.

 

ND will make it worse. You need to shorten your shutter speeds. Long shutter speeds are why you have a trail on the moon.

Also, counter intuitively, shooting at night requires higher f-stops. f/11-16 will typically get you the least amount of haze and lens flare and just shitty artifacting like you have in that first shot.

 

For moon shots a quick shutter speed is best. The longer your shutter the more the light from the moon will bleed in and make it just a ball of light instead of capturing detail. In a situation like yours to capture both maybe use a tripod and take 2 frames, one exposed for the city and the other exposed for the sky, then layer mask it in on photoshop. Just my .02

 

Thanks! Still learning layering on Corel...I don't have photoshop. Not baller enough haha.