Full moon tonight and a 200-500 lens.....

photo1x1.com · Sep 17, 2016

I know I'm late but one thing you should consider is focus.
Only if both - foreground and moon - are far enough away so that the focus will be at infinity (well, the moon will definitely be

), both will be in focus. Otherwise only one of them will be in focus and you need to photoshop two images into one.

NancyMoranG · Sep 17, 2016

I am trying to get to a laptop to post photo. (On my iPad now, but says the photo is too big to post from here)
I didn't get there with a lot of set up time, but it went ok and I learned...
It won't be a POTM , but it showed me the illusion I was looking for. Going again tonight if I can.
Will post photo when I can.

NancyMoranG · Sep 30, 2016

PersistentNomad said:
So.... how'd it go?

Peeb said:
PersistentNomad said:

So.... how'd it go?

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Yeah, wondered the same thing!

Didn't capture any images, but it was beautiful here in Oklahoma

SquarePeg said:
Hopefully @NancyMoranG got something. I missed it due to circumstances beyond my control.

Sorry for delay. Our son came up from Fl and we had a blast..
As far as the full moon photo...here ya go...

SOOC, I had it in jpeg mode, ugh..and horizon is off but this is somewhat the effect I was looking for with the moon looking very large in photo. Am trying to think of other places that I can try next year. We leave here in 2 weeks!!

dxqcanada · Sep 30, 2016

The two people really make the shot more interesting, interesting atmospheric effects.

NancyMoranG · Sep 30, 2016

In a couple of photos the moon looks like jello, really odd.

Peeb · Sep 30, 2016

Edges of the moon seem oddly 'jaggy' for some reason. Still, a really cool image.

Gary A. · Sep 30, 2016

astroNikon said:
Last night I showed my 10yr old daughter how to take a photo of the moon.
Handheld with a d600 & tamron 150-600. This lens is sharpest at f/8, thus I always use f/8 on it.
The moon was 30degrees above the eastern horizon, so a lot of atmosphere abberations.
but I think ISO 800, f/8 and a higher shutter speed.
Not bad for the first time with 2 ppl holding the camera lens.

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I used shutter speed instead of a tripod to remove shakiness.
in other words, first make sure your lens is at it's sharpest. Then a Tripod,
Mirror Lockup for d7000 (I had one, just like the d600 and d750)
Your Release mode dial (the Single Frame, Continuous Low, Continuous High, Quiet, Self Timer, Remote, and MUP --> Mirror Lock Up) -- the lower dial on the top left.
then when you press the shutter you'll get focus (assuming auto focus is turned on) and the mirror will lock up out of the way
press the release again and the shutter will take the image. Thus you want a remote to do this to prevent the finger press from shaking the camera for the smoothest shot.

I normally take pics of the moon when it is straight up in the sky. Then that is the thinnest layer of atmosphere between you and the moon and you'll get the sharpest image.

What he said. ^^^^

KmH · Sep 30, 2016

NancyMoranG said:
In a couple of photos the moon looks like jello, really odd.

Peeb said:
Edges of the moon seem oddly 'jaggy' for some reason. Still, a really cool image.

Temperature inversions in the atmosphere caused the 'jaggy', jello like edges of the moon. A temperature inversion forms a distinct boundary where there is a marked temperature difference. Air at differing temperatures has different density.

Shooting straight up we shoot through a 40 mile or so thick layer layer of atmosphere that has any temperature inversions stacked on top of one another directly above us.
Shooting close to the horizon the atmosphere is now several hundred miles thick, and we see stacked temperature inversions from the side.