Shooting the moon #2

[Randog]

2nd attempt at shooting the moon.

Thanks for looking

 

[Digital Matt]

Great exposure. What lens did you use? Is this a crop?

 

[Nitecrawler]

Great quality, nice exposure.

 

[Randog]

Great exposure. What lens did you use? Is this a crop?

Matt - Lens used was a EF 70-200 F4L w/ extender and yes this is a crop but not a large crop.

Thanks everybody for the comments.

 

[doenoe]

that looks really good
i tried it with a 55mm, climbed on the roof when it was freaking dark. But that just doesnt work..................even if you crop it, big time.
But you just go ahead and make more, cause i like em

 

[Chiller]

Great shot Randog. Excellent exposure on this one. :thumbup:
Im going to attempt it on Saturday night, and if I get a good shot, I will post it.

 

[JonMikal]

i've tried...can't pull it off.

well done :hail:

 

[M @ k o]

Awesome shot.

 

[John E.]

Well done Randog, the background color also goes very well with the moon.

 

['Daniel']

Great shot, loads of detail. I'm gonna need a Telephoo before I can try somethnig like this. And now winter approaches I think I'll have to wait till spring or summr to get a moon in sight.

 

[Randog]

Well done Randog, the background color also goes very well with the moon.

The background is the original background with the curves adjusted and smoothed out. I used center-weight metering and I think that helped with the background to stay dark.

Chiller good luck on Saturday I know your shot is going to be great they always are!

Thanks everybody great response on this one

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

very cool shot, I took on a few weeks ago, my first try, do you mind if I post it in here??

 

[Randog]

Thanks Raymond - Of course I don't mind, go ahead I welcome your post. Thanks for asking first.

 

[manaheim]

Nice shot. Maybe it's just me, but when I take night shots I want the sky to be BLACK (well unless it's not really a black sky). I REALLY hope you don't mind, but I downloaded your image and tweaked it a bit. Here is what I came up with in a very quick try:

Basically, all I did was turn up the contrast, tweak the brightness just a touch, and then I did a quick color balance because I wasn't entirely happy with the color of the moon. I think I would have poked that a bit more were I doing this for a print--- maybe given it more of a blueish cast. I think in the end I also would have just gone over the background with a black paintbrus as there are some totally expected artifacts in there from the exposure that I'd like to clean up, but you see where I was going.

Anyway, I hope this information makes you happy and doesn't make you want to plot my death or anything.

(Edit: Oh I also did a very slight unsharp mask on it, though I'm not sure I'm 100% happy with the results- would play with that more)

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

manaheim... what a cool job you did with Randog's shot.. here is my first crack at the moon. .. at least since I was in my early 20's with my ftb!

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