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I compared my backyard moon shots from 6 months ago to last night, and the difference was not my camera
I shot the moon from my driveway in Fort Wayne back in March and got a fuzzy white blob with one crater hint. Last night I used the same $300 lens on the same tripod and the difference is night and day, you can see the rays around Tycho and the dark patches clearly. People keep saying I upgraded my gear or my editing got better, but the only thing that changed is I started waiting for the moon to get higher than 30 degrees and stopped shooting through the warm air above my neighbor's roof. Same scope, same camera, same guy, so the air and the angle did all the work. Has anyone else seen that big of a jump just from picking a better night?
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butler.abby23d ago
Bet nobody told you the ground itself is a big part of it too, like shooting over grass vs your neighbor's roof or a parking lot changes how much heat ripples mess up the shot. Try a spot over a field or water next time and you might get an even cleaner moon.
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