Photographing the Moon

[Don Hoey]

Yesterday was 10/10 cloud from 6pm onwards, so no further opportunity there.
Higher hopes for tonight, but I have just run the cloud sequence on the BBC weather site, and once again it does not look good for Norfolk UK.

Don

[Canis Vulpes]

Originally Posted by Don Hoey

Yesterday was 10/10 cloud from 6pm onwards, so no further opportunity there.
Higher hopes for tonight, but I have just run the cloud sequence on the BBC weather site, and once again it does not look good for Norfolk UK.

Don

Similar situation in Castle Donington, we had drizzle by 6pm although bright sunny conditions all day. I was hoping to emulate Andy's low shutter hand held technique. i live in hope for this evening.

[Don Hoey]

BBC weather cloud predictions are looking good for you tonight Foxy. If you manage it the view should be very similar to Johns pic in post 20. Bazz's suggestion of converting to B&W helped with my soft shot so I will use that technique next time.

Originally Posted by Stephen Fox

I was hoping to emulate Andy's low shutter hand held technique. i live in hope for this evening.

Suffering from stiff joints as well then

Don

[NickR]

Originally Posted by Stephen Fox

Well time flys and I cannot seem to keep up the Moons cycle. I was reminded of a decent moon by Nick R's photo.

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...php?photo=9065

So if anyone wishes to photograph the Moon then the next few days should be good. In the United Kingdon weather forecast looks like good clear skies also.

Please see moon phase calender for further information
http://www.shetline.com/java/moonphase/moonphase.html

Stephen

Just shot this full moon tonight, did a lot of head scratching. I was not that pleased with this one.:-

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...500&ppuser=146

Cheers

[Don Hoey]

A quick one from this evening. The moon was in partial eclipse - earths shadow. Picture taken at 20:08 this evening.

As usual if you are in a rush to post, image editing progs decide on a ' GO SLOW ' .

Bit of a rush job as I saw this by accident so no time to set scope/camera up properly, ie no remote release, as I did not know how long it would last.

I will post some more tomorrow.

Don

[Bish]

Here's a couple of shots I took this evening with Canon 30D + 100-400mm ISO100 f8 1/320 400mm

A bit disappointed with them

[Don Hoey]

Nick and Bish,

I think use of curves can improve both of these. I will look tomorrow as I have had to sign in more times than that in the last 20 mins.

I did look at yours Nick, Bish posted while I was in the gallery. Curves will give an improvement ( improve contrast ). I notice you used f16 but I don't think you need any more than f8 with your lens.

Don

[NickR]

Originally Posted by Bish

Here's a couple of shots I took this evening with Canon 30D + 100-400mm ISO100 f8 1/320 400mm

A bit disappointed with them

Very good shots, mine were very similar to yours, its a pity the craters do not stand out, I guess that is because there are no shadows???

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...500&ppuser=146

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by NickR

Very good shots, mine were very similar to yours, its a pity the craters do not stand out, I guess that is because there are no shadows???

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...500&ppuser=146

Pictures of a full moon always lack that bit of detail.

Bish, I have done a very quick curves job on one of yours to give an idea, attached. Nick I will have to relook at yours as my image editor will not open the file.

Don

[NickR]

Originally Posted by Don Hoey

Pictures of a full moon always lack that bit of detail.

Bish, I have done a very quick curves job on one of yours to give an idea, attached. Nick I will have to relook at yours as my image editor will not open the file.

Don

Don, that looks a lot better, I think the reason why you cannot open my file is because I converted it to greyscale? I will post another to my gallery without editing. I'll try and find another shoot with a larger F stop.

Cheers