My first moon shot

[Jonnywb]

...so being new here, I thought i'd share my first (first) moon shot.

Taken with my brother's Skywatcher 200p telescope and my Canon EOS 550D (18th Jan '11 - 9.39pm).

Taken in shutter priority mode:

ISO100

Shutter: 1/400

0 ev

Auto WB

Levels/Exposure/Enhance/sharpening Adjusted in Aperture.

Thanks for looking

[spaceboy]

:Envy: I goto get myself one of those Canon's.

Great image of the moon.

SPACEBOY

[TheBFG]

Very nice pic

[greenkat]

Fantastic first shot, nice one

[nightfisher]

superb image, lovely colour balance

[Dave]

That is a very nice image.

Thanks for submitting it.

[keef_uk]

great shot, and even better considering its your first shot

[oldfruit]

Excellent result.

[slim80]

Great first shot....

[kentronix]

thats a really nice clear image, nice one

[soggybongo]

Hi jonny, what settings did you use for the moon pic?

[Jonnywb]

Thanks everyone!

Levels/sharpening/enhance/exposure adjusted in Aperture.

Camera Settings:

Taken in shutter priority mode:

ISO: 100

Shutter: 1/400

Auto WB

0 ev

Hope that's what you wanted!?

[magic77]

Hi Jonny very nice picture....Welcome to SGL....

[Porl]

wow!! amazing first shot!!

Did you use a T-adapter for your Canon or did you just hold it up against the telescope lense?

My girlfriend is looking to get a 550D ( i think, i can never remember the numbers ) and if you can get those kind of photos im going to nick it off her!!

Porl''

[Jonnywb]

haha thanks!

It's a great camera imo, so if it is the one, I hope she (you) enjoys it.

Yeah, I bought a T-mount EOS adapter on ebay, I think it cost me about £10, maybe a little more/less... but it's worth it.

I also used an intervelometer as a remote, which helps! I think I got that for about £15ish from ebay too. Not the canon one, just a cheap knockoff version, but it works really well - It might come in handy incase you ever want to do timelapses or star trails or whatever too.

[jgs001]

Well done Jonny, that's an excellent shot, well focused etc.

[Asteroid]

Very nice picture, well done.

[Steve 1962]

Very nice and sharp with good exposure / contrast - cracking effort