Some super moon pics have been posted while I was in bed. Unfortunately it was overcast here. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for tonight.
I think I was screwing up the exposure in RAW, so I shot the new set in JPG so that'd be set. Yea, f/8 was used and I was more careful with post processing. It was an ugly color so I converted to b/w with a little of all the rbgs as needed. And all the little misc. editing. But, it all couldn't have happend if I hadn't have started out with a good focused pic.
I have been using “sunny” white-balance and that seems to be about right. Though I have converted most of them to b&w as they seem to look better. As you say though, it all starts with perfect focus and a rock steady camera, no amount of PP will ever fix those things.
That’s great Pamelasue! I look forward to seeing more of your moon pics. As jfriesen said, it’s an interesting subject and takes lots of care and good technique to get a really great shot.
Mike.
Thanks Mike! It was fun to learn how to take that shot, never knew how to do it before and always ended up with a blurry white blob! It's been raining here all day long ... hopefully I'll get another shot tonight ...
Warning very large file:
BIG moon! This is by the same chap, NoelC, that did the picture that jfriesen pointed us to.
Now THAT is a moon shot.
The shadows and detail are absolutely amazing! I don't think I have ever had a moon pic on my computer that was as good as that.
Sure makes mine look like crap.
Warning very large file:
BIG moon! This is by the same chap, NoelC, that did the picture that jfriesen pointed us to.
Now THAT is a moon shot.
The shadows and detail are absolutely amazing! I don't think I have ever had a moon pic on my computer that was as good as that.
Sure makes mine look like crap.
BAH, he probably lost his kids and wife spending 400,000 on camera/telescope gear. j/k
That`s very good Josh, and some crater detail as the moon is less full.
I have this lens but have never tried the moon with it as i have a telescope. I guess it`s heavely cropped so not so good to print but looks fine on screen.
zardoz, tryed the star streak tonight but failed miserably.. I had the f stops wrong, it was too dark one pic and too light the next, bad thing is, they had different exposure times so I don't know where to make another trial f/stop... I was also using the wrong lens, I was at 70mm which was too much to get a great view of the sky. I need to use my 18-55mm lens and get more of the sky.
f/22 at 15.8 mins was too dark
f/9 at 2.8 mins was alright (bit dark), but the streaks weren't long enough
f/8 at 12 mins was too bright
(I think that's how it went)
I was shooting blindly in the dark (pardon the pun).
So, if I want to do a true 30 min exposure, I have to run better trials, using the same variables but one in each experiement. Eg, same f/stop , same ISO, same focal range: different exposure times.
BUT, this was fun and I will enjoy trying hard and getting the results.
PS. Here is the same moon shot from 2 days ago along with a moon shot from tongight:
I know the right one looks a little off, I did this real quick for a comparison. Will clean up later.
jfriesen I like the one on the right, the shadows really help bring out the details and give it more texture... was it done with the 70mm...
Do you really think the smaller lense would bring out the details better?
I will have to play with that one since I got a new to me, used lense from the old camera shop....
Oh I think I confused you. If you read earlier in the thread, I was talking with zardoz and we agreed that we were going to pick up the challenge of 30 min star exposures. I was just giving him more info about my trial. The need for something less than 70mm was for the star streak pictures, not the moon pictures. Sorry for throwing you off.
Yet another Astronomy Picture of the Day today that is relevant to the "big moon" shot. This is exactly the type of pic that I like to attempt - very long focal length lens to give a very exaggerated sense of moon size.
zardoz, tryed the star streak tonight but failed miserably.. I had the f stops wrong, it was too dark one pic and too light the next, bad thing is, they had different exposure times so I don't know where to make another trial f/stop... I was also using the wrong lens, I was at 70mm which was too much to get a great view of the sky. I need to use my 18-55mm lens and get more of the sky.
f/22 at 15.8 mins was too dark
f/9 at 2.8 mins was alright (bit dark), but the streaks weren't long enough
f/8 at 12 mins was too bright
Hi Jfriesen, Sorry about the delay in replying, I’ve haven’t had chance to get on dpc for a few days.
Looks like you have got those moon shots pinned down now. Thanks for all the info on your star trail experiments – very interesting. The skies have been overcast here just about every night :-( The forecast is for clear skies tonight so I’m going to try star trails. I’ll use the settings you posted as a guide – thanks :-) Were those exposures at 100 ISO? I’m going to try at 18mm on my 18–70mm lens.
I wanted to throw in my first attempt at the moon!!! Its such a lovely night out..
Taken with Sigma 70-300mm @ 300mm
ISO 100
Converted from RAW
USM
Contrast/Brightness
Temperature
Green Level
So, with your camera, you're really looking at a focal length of 480mm. Good shot.
What's the math behind that? I have always want to know how people were like "It's actually 480mm on my camera!" Something about the sensor crop or something.
What's the math behind that? I have always want to know how people were like "It's actually 480mm on my camera!" Something about the sensor crop or something.
Your camera has a "crop factor" of 1.6x... This means that the size of your sensor is smaller than the nominal 35mm full frame size, and your image is essentially cropped from the center of the image circle the lens throws.
"Crop factor" means that on a FF camera you'd have to mount a 480mm lens to get the same, narrower angle of view that you have got with the 300mm lens on the smaller sensor. Every lens you use, compared to the "nominal" full-frame standard, is either more telephoto or less wide (take your pick) by a factor of 1.6...
In other words, my 10mm lens covers the same angle on my 20D as a 16mm lens would on Kirbic's FF 5D sensor.
