The Moon & Jupiter

Taken this evening, January 29, 2012 off my terrace... Couldn't get zoomed in much more than this. Was experimenting with all different exposure times. This was one of the best shots... and the moon is still blown out... couldn't bring out the detail I was able to see... Just in case... Jupiter is small light in the upper left corner.

Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1.3
Av( Aperture Value ) 11.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 800
Lens EF75-300mm f/4-5.6
Focal Length 170.0 mm

Feel free to comment...

Jupiter and the Moon by Fadde Photography , on Flickr

I thought about doing the same thing but I want to get a full moon again.

The trick is to be on manual mode like you mentioned
adjust the white balance for daytime bright sun.
You might have to dial down your exposure value (EV)
best to use live view until the moon is no longer over exposed
and then fire away. I included the exif data below if it helps

EXIF Sub IFD

Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/30 second ===> 0.03333 second
Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 95/10 ===> ƒ/9.5
Exposure Program = manual control (1)
ISO Speed Ratings = 100
EXIF Version = 0221
Original Date/Time = 2011:01:07 05:05:51
Digitization Date/Time = 2011:01:07 05:05:51
Shutter Speed Value (APEX) = 4906891/1000000
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) = 1/30 second
Aperture Value (APEX) = 6495855/1000000
Aperture = ƒ/9.5
Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/6 ===> 0
Max Aperture Value (APEX) = 53/10 ===> 5.3
Max Aperture = ƒ/6.28
Distance to Subject = 126/1 m
Metering Mode = pattern / multi-segment (5)
Light Source / White Balance = fine weather (9)
Flash = Flash did not fire
Focal Length = 5000/10 mm ===> 500 mm
User Comment (Hex) = 0x41,0x53,0x43,0x49,0x49,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x43,0x6f,0x70,0x79,0x72,0x69,0x67,0x68,0x74,0x20,0x32,0x30,0x31,0x31,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x4a,0x4d,0x20,0x50,0x72,0x6f,0x76,0x6f
User Comment Character Code = ASCII
User Comment = Copyright 2011 JM Provo
Last Modified Subsecond Time = 50
Original Subsecond Time = 50
Digitized Subsecond Time = 50
Colour Space = sRGB (1)
Image Width = 995 pixels
Image Height = 715 pixels
Image Sensing Method = one-chip color area sensor (2)
Image Source = digital still camera (DSC)
Scene Type = directly photographed image
Colour Filter Array (CFA) Geometric Pattern = 0x02,0x00,0x02,0x00,0x01,0x02,0x00,0x01
Custom Rendered = normal process (0)
Exposure Mode = manual exposure (1)
White Balance = manual (1)
Digital Zoom Ratio = 1/1 ===> 1
Focal Length in 35mm Film = 750
Scene Capture Type = standard (0)
Gain Control = n/a (0)
Contrast = normal (0)
Saturation = normal (0)
Sharpness = normal (0)
Subject Distance Range = unknown (0)
Unknown tag, Tagnum 0xa431 = data ===> 3155459
Unknown tag, Tagnum 0xa432 = data ===> 1500/10,5000/10,50/10,63/10
Unknown tag, Tagnum 0xa434 = data ===> 150.0-500.0 mm f/5.0-6.3

Thanks Provo.... and jeez... could you leave me any more EXIF Data... It just seems to keep going and going... will have to try that... sadly, my camera is old enough that it does not have Live View... Rebel XTi working on upgrading this year though...

I got up last night and took a sample shot.

Settings:
Manual Mode
Wired Shutter Release cable
Manual Focus
Iso: 100
White Balance set to sunny actual temperature 4950 °K
Lens 150mm-500mm with 1.4 Teleconverter total 700mm
Total in 35mm film equivalent =1050.0mm
Fstop F9 due to the teleconverter
Shutter speed 1/20 sec

First thing I noticed was ISO, 800! The moon is very bright so ISO 100 or 200 should solve the problem..... Moon shots can be a lot of fun