3-27-10 – Part 2
21 Responses to “3-27-10 – Part 2”
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21 Responses to “3-27-10 – Part 2”
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that is a superb shot. what type of camera do you use?
gorgeous!!!!!
Very dramatic. Love it!
This is wonderful. What were the settings on your camera? What lens did you use? I have been trying to take shots like this for awhile and they always come out yucky.
Awesome capture, wow!!!!
Thanks all!
Shot with my Canon 5D Mark II and 70-200mm f2.8 lens. Settings… that is a tricky question. It is really by sight and a educated guess. My camera has a exposure simulation mode where I can see the results on the screen before I take the shot. I get a good starting place and bracket the shot 1/2 stop lighter and 1/2 stop darker. I got lucky. I took 73 photos to get to this one
Love it!
73 shots is a lot, but your patience and persistence paid off. I love the night sky. I love when the moon is visible, in whatever stage it is in, and this photo is just amazing.
Linda – Thanks.. consider tis… When you are in bracketing mode, I hold down the trigger to shoot 3 consecutive images. Then change setting, so it all over again. 73 is not that many in that context.
I have been trying for years to get a decent looking nite shot. I live very close to Niagara Falls and would love to take pictures when the moon is right above the illuminated Falls. I have seen other’s but I want to do it myself. This photo is absolutely perfect to me.
The surface area of the moon always reflects the same amount of light, the exposure is a standard day light exposure. For an ISO setting of 100, using the “sunny 16 rule” it would be a 500@f5.6 – 250@f8 – 125@f11 or 60th at F16, as these are all the same exposure value. I bet a nickel the exposure above is within 1/2 step of this guide. – A camera used on any auto setting will never give the correct exposure for the moon at night.(Maybe with spot-metering and a +3 exposure compensation) But why mess around – An exposure of 500@F5.6 ISO 100 will always be VERY close. Try it!!
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BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!
ABSOLUTELLY PERFECT…you can see the beautiful details of the moon.
Did you combine shots to get this? I have gotten clouds with longer exposures and good moon detail only with fast shutter speeds. To get this I would think you would have to clone the moon in from another shot
Hey, the overall look is nice, however you need to pay attention to details. Underneath the moon, about half degree (a diameter of a moon itself) there is an awful processing artifact. Bring up the contrast or curves to the extreme and you’ll see waht I mean.
Cheers,
Paco
this is a fantastic image!!!
Paco – It just looks like a cloud to me, or I don’t see the same artifact you are talking about. I am sure he shoots these photos in a RAW format, so there would not be any .jpg artifacts (esp. at this image size as the moon looks quite small in the frame, there is not much of a crop factor)- After 25 years of shooting the moon, I guess I am just not as astounded as others. Its a snapshot of the moon, with a little wisp of clouds. I don’t think any post processing was done at all, as only clouds very close to the moon got any light. -
THX-1103
superb!
Thank you so much for this luminous mystery.
This is one of the most beautiful photographs I have ever seen! I love looking at all the photos and getting a sense of Belguim since I have never traveled there. Thank you for taking the time to take these photos and to post them online to share with us all!
this is simply put fantastic!!!!