Vr and full moon

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Vr and full moon

Postby marc on Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:41 am

First attempt with the D70s/70-200 VR+TC 1.7 @ the Full moon tonight.
Critique welcome
1/250 sec
F/14
510mm
Spot metering
ISO 200
Ex Comp -0.7 EV

( Some cropping + slight sharpening used )




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Postby kipper on Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:49 am

510MM?

Oh you included the crop factor :)
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:54 am

...Have to admit I'm Jealous... I've spent the last week trying to improve my moon-photography, and I still have nothing to rival the other members of this forum, but seeing shots like this justs makes me more persistant.

What time of night was this taken ?
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Postby marc on Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:59 am

Alpha_7 wrote:...Have to admit I'm Jealous... I've spent the last week trying to improve my moon-photography, and I still have nothing to rival the other members of this forum, but seeing shots like this justs makes me more persistant.
What time of night was this taken ?


G'day Alpha

Approx 9.30pm tonight (Half-time in Tri Nations)........we lost AGAIN !
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:08 am

At least it we were close, but it is a shame we lost again.

Do you have a prefered time to shoot the full moon ? Someone earlier suggest the best time was around dusk or a little later, when the night was still blue. But obviously it wouldn't be very blue around half time.

(I've tried dusk, and all hours between then and 1 am, I haven't really found a "sweet spot" so to speak.
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Postby marc on Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:33 am

kipper wrote:510MM?

Oh you included the crop factor :)



Apologies Kipper, have now included it to read + TC 1.7E (giving a 510mm)
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Postby marc on Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:40 am

Alpha_7 wrote:At least it we were close, but it is a shame we lost again.

Do you have a prefered time to shoot the full moon ? Someone earlier suggest the best time was around dusk or a little later, when the night was still blue. But obviously it wouldn't be very blue around half time.

(I've tried dusk, and all hours between then and 1 am, I haven't really found a "sweet spot" so to speak.



I'm no moon expert Alpha, these are one of my first (serious) attempts to "shoot the moon". I think at dusk last night it was still a little cloudy?, so my first chance came at half-time. Having the right gear also helps a lot. I do know that shooting when the moon is at 1/4 to 1/2 will give better effects ie.craters more visible, etc. I guess we'll both keep trying, will try again when its on the wane.

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Postby Big V on Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:15 pm

May I offer some sugestions.. Any astronomical object will benefit from being high in the night sky, you are photographing through more stable air and the light from the object is being refracted less. This will give you crisper images with better contrast. When shooting low on the horizon, you are looking through a greater amount of atmosphere and you have the effects of the rising air, which leads to a less crisp image. The other tips: always manual focus, stable platform and spot metering with manual compensation.. Hope this helps.
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Postby marc on Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:44 pm

Big V wrote:The other tips: always manual focus, stable platform and spot metering with manual compensation.. Hope this helps.


Some good tips there Big V
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