Photographing the moon can be easy–I walk you through the process and give you exact settings to use. For more advanced photographers, I’ll also introduce you to Registax ( and show you how to get EXTREMELY detailed photos of the moon.
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Says that I’m out of memory when I try to stack 2 images and I have no other applications open. I’m running a i5 8th gen (8 cores) and 8 gigs of ram. Though it doesn’t ask me to optimise my cores, but when I hover over the cpu, it says it’s not running at full optimisation.
use Nikon p900 or p1000 done
This guy is very well spoken, easy to follow and descriptive
looooove this!!
what camara must i buy to take realy pritty photos of nature
Thanks 🙏🏻
Lol pictures of the moon are so easy to take, i would never thought people would struggle with it :v
Cool video, but the last version/update of Registax is from mai 2011. Does it still work???? I have a Laptop with an AMD Ryzen 5 (8 Cores) and Win10 64bit. So it should be more than strong enough but it doesn't work. I can start Registax, i can add the pictures, i can set the alignpoints, but i can NOT align. Registax "starts" the align process and then it does nothing. 🙁
Your Sunny 16 rule is a good place to start with exposure. His is about a stop over exposed on the first try with Manual.
Your videos have been a huge help for me. I'm new to the photography world. You give off a very calming vibe in your manor of presentation. Thank you.
Oh Gosh, the moon is such a beautiful object I ever saw. I appreciate even more when I tried to take a picture the moon with a EOS Reel T7 with a telephoto lens that has a 500mm and F/8.0. Every craters was very detailed as a close up picture of a leaf. The seas, the highlands, the lines of the Tycho Crater, and the very shadows of the craters on the terminator line and the south pole; it was out of this world. Thank you for teaching us how to capture the beauty of the moon, I wish I knew this when I was a young lad; a lot of interesting stuff happened to our moon; eclipses, red moons, and etcetera. In short, thank you so much, I'll never forget this moment…
What shall be metering mode for this kind of shots? Center weighted / matrix or evaluating / spot.
Thnx a bunch,.I was wondering why my moon shots looked like crap
The should make an app similar to Registax that allows you to load your multiple images of the Moon, process* them for a while and give you in result the 'Best Moon Picture Ever'
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* Disclaimer 'process' may or may not include downloading a high-res Moon picture from the internet 😉
Quick newby question Tony, should you remove the UV filter prior to doing this?
Actually going out tonight to capture the full moon on the horizon and I can experiment with it on or off my 100-400mm Sigma f/5-6.3. Can’t wait to check it out on my Mark II.
Just a tip put the back lens cover on the lens when not using my professor in school pitches a fit if we don’t
This is how moon photos are made, i though my 250mm lens is junk because never got sharper images.😂😂🤣
Cough… tripod…cough.
I am literally about to go out and take a picture of a moon…
Cool! Thanks! (y)
Your accent though, 🔥
Which are the best 3 lenses for lunar / planetarian shoots? For moon, jupiter for example?
Thanks for the video, fantastic basics & tips.
Can I take the opportunity to ask your comments about the following sentence,
"Image stabilization can slowdown the AF system"!
Best Regards,
Luiz
PERFECT
I have never heard of Registax before. Used it once and wow! Takes a bit of tinkering with variables but damn the crisp detail it finds is amazing!
What’s the biggest lenses I can have on a T6?
Hi Tony, I have a question about stacking. Can't you stack with Photoshop rather than instax?
Love the dog wandering into your video.
TIL programs will automatically download files from the internet if you provide a hyperlink in the Open File menu.
Metering mode should be spot metering
I have seen on YouTube that Adobe Lightroom can also stack images and smart objects to improve sharpness and reduce noise, has anyone done a comparison with Lightroom and Registax which provides best results?
Great video! Thanks
the video is just so calming and the way you explain is just magical
how tf do you open a rwv file I couldn't find any extension to open it??
Why use continuous burst rate?
Several Single shots will be sharper……and using a tripod is probably better too.
You make a lot of great videos, I've just ordered your book. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and helping people improve their photography!
Tried this method/settings on 3 different cameras, 3 different lenses including the one mentioned and 100-400mm on a Canon 5D Mk3. this tutorial is a waste of effort and misleading
legit just got an ad that was 5 hours long. what the actual f#ck
Thank you for all these instructions !! Greetings from Morocco 🙌
Very hekpful but I disagree with some items – I would NEVER photoshop a sunset or twighlight scene with a full moon as you did. This can not happen nd looks FAKE to anyone who knows a little about moon phases. I also use AE settings by changing to a single point setting. and zeroing it in on the moon. I find a lighter zoom like the canon ef-s 55-250mm f/4-5.6 is stm telephoto zoom lens much easier to handhold for moon shots.
Do you have an aurora guide? Love all the videos! thank you!