moon shots

photobug · Apr 3, 2004

Heh, not as good as Chase's but I've been unsuccessfully trying to do this for quite awhile. Something always manages to foob things up. But this one is ok.

And I got a bunch of variations of this one (which I won't subject you to) in differing amounts of cloud cover.

Digital Matt · Apr 3, 2004

Great shots. I'd like to see a 100% crop of the first one. What lens did you use, and what were your specs?

photobug · Apr 3, 2004

Ask and ye shall receive...

EXIF says I shot this with a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX @ 200mm & f/8 on the *istD. Shutter speed was 1/250, manual mode, spot metered. Shot off a tripod with mirror lockup.

Post processed from RAW to jpeg. USM'd after resizing, 300/.3/2.

**edit** I redid the crop so it isn't so sharp. Still looks funky at the lower right edge, but it's the angle of the light on the mountains doing it I think. I need way more lens for this kinda stuff.

Digital Matt · Apr 3, 2004

Thanks for the nfo. Upon seeing the 100% crop, it does look a bit sharp around the edges, but not bad. You can fix that. Awesome shot, thanks for uploading the crop

photobug · Apr 4, 2004

Redone, see edit note in post above.

Skyeg · Apr 4, 2004

what does USM mean?

Jeff Canes · Apr 4, 2004

Hi Jim, :thumbsup: for #2, I like the blur in clouds

Digital Matt · Apr 4, 2004

Skyeg said:
what does USM mean?

Unsharp Mask.

photobug · Apr 4, 2004

Thanks Jeff, the blur wasn't hard- the wind musta been howling up there because they were clipping right along.

Harpper · Apr 4, 2004

Great moon shots Jim. I particularly like the second one with the cloud streaks. What's really nice about it is that the moon is in a cloud opening and not blocked from view.