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It's only a super moon...

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:12 pm
by stubbsy
To be honest I don't think the Supermoon lived up to the hype. Like others I was expecting it to be much larger. Anyways at least my iPhone app (Moon Seeker) told me where it would rise so I was positioned properly. Below are the best I have so far (many of my images are just not converting well to jpeg for some reason I need to track down - they are darker after conversion and I'm getting haloing and other artifacts).

Before:

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During:

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After:

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You can see the jpeg issues I'm unhappy about in this

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Re: It's only a super moon...

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:55 pm
by Remorhaz
Hi Peter - that sky in #1 is fabulous - we had it like that here in Sydney too - sweet pastel sky.

Agree the moon size was underwhelming (apparently is was only something like 1/6000th bigger anyway) but it was a nice evening, conditions great (clear skies) and the timing of moonrise and sunset was pretty sweet.

Are you using Lightroom? - I was noticing some wierd artifacting with my jpeg exports (for forum resize) recently as well. I wasn't getting darkening but I was getting blocking.

Re: It's only a super moon...

PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2012 11:19 pm
by ozimax
Despite the artifacts etc, these are some excellent photos Stubbsy.

Re: It's only a super moon...

PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2012 11:37 am
by surenj
stubbsy wrote:To be honest I don't think the Supermoon lived up to the hype.

:agree:

I reckon some of these images (esp #1) look a little dirty. Perhaps it's the JPEG conversion issues?

#2 is the best that conveys a 'super' moon I reckon.

Were you using any teleconverters with your 150-500?

Re: It's only a super moon...

PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:36 pm
by stubbsy
surenj wrote:Were you using any teleconverters with your 150-500?


No teleconverter - just the bare lens.

I've now given up on getting these to save as jpeg. No matter what I do they end up darker and with haloing around the moon when I save them. :cry:

Re: It's only a super moon...

PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2012 12:20 am
by surenj
Have you tried 100% quality with 775 long side and sharpening -screen-medium?