Seen quite a few photographs of the moon in the "Post your picture here" thread over the last week or so - very nice shots.
Coincidentally I've just finished reading an excellent book called
"Night Photography" by Lance Keimig, it has some excellent advice and example photographs and is written in an easy to understand manner. There are chapters dedicated not only to Digital Photograpy/Workflow, but also Film Photography/Developing. In my opinion if you're interested in this type of Photography it is a must have.
At the rear of the book is an excellent resources list, detailing software resources and websites to some dedicated Night Time Photographers/Groups.
I'll leave a few couple of links here for you to have a look at. There are some really good shots
Darkness Darkness - an online and realworld exhibit curated by Lance Keimig
The Nocturnes - an online resource for all things Night Photograpy
Oh and one last thing, one tip I picked up from the book is to use your cameras 'native' ISO if you can to get the best image quality. Probably like a lot of people I just assumed that a lower ISO produced less 'grain', but there is more to it. According to the book, every digital camera has a native ISO. For Canon and quite a few other Cameras 100 is the Native ISO. Most Nikon Cameras have a Native ISO of 200 and Leica Cameras have a Native ISO of 160.
Increasing the Camera's ISO has a detrimental effect on image quality by lowering the ratio of image information relative to background noise. I'll quote Keimig from his book since he explains it well
"When a digital exposure is made, photons of light fall on the individual pixel sites or light wells in the sensor and are converted to an electrical voltage by an amplifier. This analog voltage is then converted to a digital equivilent in the form of a number that represents a specific brightness level. At the native ISO setting, the analog input is directly converted to digital output. When the ISO setting is raised the sensor does not become more sensitive. Instead, the analog signal is amplified, resulting in a brighter picture and more noise. Perhaps surprisingly lowering the ISO below the native setting can also negatively impact image quality. The brightness values from the signal input are digitally reduced - halved in the case of switching from 200 to 100 or 100 to 50 - and this permanent loss of information reduces the dynamic range of the sensor."
Coincidentally I've just finished reading an excellent book called
"Night Photography" by Lance Keimig, it has some excellent advice and example photographs and is written in an easy to understand manner. There are chapters dedicated not only to Digital Photograpy/Workflow, but also Film Photography/Developing. In my opinion if you're interested in this type of Photography it is a must have.
At the rear of the book is an excellent resources list, detailing software resources and websites to some dedicated Night Time Photographers/Groups.
I'll leave a few couple of links here for you to have a look at. There are some really good shots
Darkness Darkness - an online and realworld exhibit curated by Lance Keimig
The Nocturnes - an online resource for all things Night Photograpy
Oh and one last thing, one tip I picked up from the book is to use your cameras 'native' ISO if you can to get the best image quality. Probably like a lot of people I just assumed that a lower ISO produced less 'grain', but there is more to it. According to the book, every digital camera has a native ISO. For Canon and quite a few other Cameras 100 is the Native ISO. Most Nikon Cameras have a Native ISO of 200 and Leica Cameras have a Native ISO of 160.
Increasing the Camera's ISO has a detrimental effect on image quality by lowering the ratio of image information relative to background noise. I'll quote Keimig from his book since he explains it well
"When a digital exposure is made, photons of light fall on the individual pixel sites or light wells in the sensor and are converted to an electrical voltage by an amplifier. This analog voltage is then converted to a digital equivilent in the form of a number that represents a specific brightness level. At the native ISO setting, the analog input is directly converted to digital output. When the ISO setting is raised the sensor does not become more sensitive. Instead, the analog signal is amplified, resulting in a brighter picture and more noise. Perhaps surprisingly lowering the ISO below the native setting can also negatively impact image quality. The brightness values from the signal input are digitally reduced - halved in the case of switching from 200 to 100 or 100 to 50 - and this permanent loss of information reduces the dynamic range of the sensor."
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