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I'm trying to photograph the moon, but I get moved and very small, well is so bright that I lose detail, I have a Canon SLR and a couple of Tamron lenses. As I can do?

Last night saw the full moon, and efectivamenete is to take some pictures, this is a matter of patience, because you have to expect the sky to clear, and coincides with the time which is best viewed .

Well, first and foremost you need a tripod , if the camera moves, even slightly, it will ruin the photo, it is VERY important that secures the camera.

I hope some of your lens has an effective focal length of 400 mm or more, so that the moon has a significant size within the frame, ie that are sufficiently "close" to look good.

The camera should be set to manual focus, and a dial (P, Tv, Av, M) must put it in M \u200b\u200b(manual). Your aperture (f number) may be between 8 and 11 (actually two full stops from the largest opening (smallest f number). light measurement has to be time. If you know how to process RAW, use it. The ISO must be kept as low as possible to avoid any loss of detail.

Once properly with the camera mounted on a tripod, you should focus as much as possible by hand, if you have live view, this can help a lot, with the moon at the center of the frame, make your measurement of light and need to underexpose about two stops and make a decision, so you see how it goes out the photo. From there you move the exposure time to obtain the correct exposure.

Here you'll realize how fast the moon out of frame for speed rotation of the Earth and moon relative moviemiento at that time (the arc described).

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In the above photo we see the full moon, but we must bear in mind that in this case, the moon is getting a front light, that does not detract from the majesty of the photo, but the surface details are lost and can only see some craters at the edges.

But if we take a picture of the crescent, we will have light grazing in the area of \u200b\u200btransition that goes from light to shadow, and so get better detail of the craters and elements surface, see:

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Both photos were taken with a 400 mm lens LFE, RAW, and then refined in Photoshop, Olympus E -30, Olympus lens and a Manfrotto tripod. Location: Santiago de Surco in Lima - Peru.

Hope this helps, but if you have a Canon Rebel XS, it does not have spot metering (for being a basic camera), but anyway you can play with time, until the details you want. Ah ... if you have a remote shutter release, use it, and do not forget the "mirror lock." Until next

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