Moon shot anyone?

[AmericanJesus]

Finally got a good shot of the moon!

This is a 100%crop.
Now to try it out of the city at a higher altitude!

 

[Amnesic]

Wow awesome shot! Maybe you should raise the contrast and brightness a bit because the moon is usually a little lighter. Its awesome how you got so much detail out of it though!

 

[domromer]

Wow that's great. The moon was nice and full here tonight. I keep kicking myself for not getting some pics than I could add it to my night shot pics..it's just too cold out.

 

[AmericanJesus]

Wow that's great. The moon was nice and full here tonight. I keep kicking myself for not getting some pics than I could add it to my night shot pics..it's just too cold out.

This was taken tonight about 45 minutes ago. Washington State, twenty minutes out of seattle.

 

[AmericanJesus]

anyone else?

 

[chantal7]

Whoa that's neat! Even better than a telescope man! good job

 

[Coldow91]

Great shot and amazing detail!

Here is what I think Amnesic was referring
too...

I am not sure if I like it better or not

 

[fatsheep]

Great shot and amazing detail!

Here is what I think Amnesic was referring
too...

I am not sure if I like it better or not

I like that better but good job on the original shot. I've tried shooting the moon with my Fujifilm S700 but the 63 mm (380 mm equivalent on a 35 mm camera) isn't quite enough reach to fill the frame like done here.

Here's what mine looked like at full crop (at maximum focal length):

Once cropped, you can still see some detail but not nearly as much as in your's...

 

[AmericanJesus]

I like that better but good job on the original shot. I've tried shooting the moon with my Fujifilm S700 but the 63 mm (380 mm equivalent on a 35 mm camera) isn't quite enough reach to fill the frame like done here.

Here's what mine looked like at full crop (at maximum focal length):

Once cropped, you can still see some detail but not nearly as much as in your's...

I shot at iso 400, 1000/1 shutter speed, f8(for a full moon). Just a nice starting point for a digital camera. Also early twighlight is the best time i find. Using my 75-300mm lens.

 

[photo_guy]

Hi all,

Those are some great moon shot. I have attached a moon shot that I took last summer with a lens I rented. Enjoy, C&C welcome.

 

[Amnesic]

The picture really looks great either way. Its just awesome how close you got to it with a regular camera! I hope you don't mind but I really liked your picture so I made it into a new planet! I was thinking about putting a bigger glow around it to make it look a little different. It basically looks like the moon in blue... but thats ok I guess .

 

[astrostu]

Nice shot. I would suggest a slightly longer exposure in the future, by a factor of about 25-50% (based upon the Levels).

 

[William]

Wow, great shot. What a fascinating object, the moon.

 

[mrodgers]

I like that better but good job on the original shot. I've tried shooting the moon with my Fujifilm S700 but the 63 mm (380 mm equivalent on a 35 mm camera) isn't quite enough reach to fill the frame like done here.

Here's what mine looked like at full crop (at maximum focal length):

Once cropped, you can still see some detail but not nearly as much as in your's...

Fatsheep, here's what it looked like just 16 minutes later on the same day, also with the Fuji S700 as you already know.

I cropped and gave it a bit of sharpening to pull out some detail. (click for fuller size)



Fuji S700
1/1000 second
f/3.5
63.3 mm
ISO 100

I have some taken just half an hour earlier during daylight just like yours but they didn't come out. I forgot the ISO was still set at 400 and it has a LOT of noise. We would both do well with getting a tripod. I assume yours was hand held and I know mine was.

Here's a different day (Dec. 21) taken during the late afternoon with daylight left. This is straight from the camera without editing other than the crop....




Edit:

I have attached a moon shot that I took last summer with a lens I rented. Enjoy, C&C welcome.

WOW! That is a REALLY nice shot of the moon there. I missed that one when I saw Fatsheeps exif and saw that I had shots of the moon on the same day and generally the same time +/- half an hour...

 

[AmericanJesus]

The picture really looks great either way. Its just awesome how close you got to it with a regular camera! I hope you don't mind but I really liked your picture so I made it into a new planet! I was thinking about putting a bigger glow around it to make it look a little different. It basically looks like the moon in blue... but thats ok I guess .

No problem man.