Shots of the moon today. (16 Feb. 2006)

Canew · 13th February 2006

Just wanted to share 2 photos of the moon that was taken earlier.

Manual focus used.

#1: AWB.

#2: Daylight WB.

joeyao · 14th February 2006

It would be more interesting to shoot a half moon. There will be more contrast and the craters will show up more distinctly. Just my opinion.

Canew · 14th February 2006

Originally Posted by joeyao

It would be more interesting to shoot a half moon. There will be more contrast and the craters will show up more distinctly. Just my opinion.

Thanks for the info joeyao. I've never tried to capture a half moon before. Will give it a try sometime.

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 14th February 2006

wow... 16th Feb, can give me the 4D number for 15th Feb, and Toto for 16th Feb? Thanks in advance... oops... belated... err... nvm...

anyway, yesterday's moon was big & round... using naked eyes could see quite clearly, cos sky wasn't clouded (my area)

Canew · 14th February 2006

Originally Posted by Del_CtrlnoAlt

wow... 16th Feb, can give me the 4D number for 15th Feb, and Toto for 16th Feb? Thanks in advance... oops... belated... err... nvm...

anyway, yesterday's moon was big & round... using naked eyes could see quite clearly, cos sky wasn't clouded (my area)

DCA, if I have the numbers, I buy myself liao!

Canew · 14th February 2006

Ahhhh! Thanks DCA. I just realised that I've typed the wrong date on my thread title!!! It should be 13 Feb., NOT 16 Feb.

No wonder you were asking for the TOTO and 4D numbers.

eikin · 14th February 2006

Originally Posted by Canew

Ahhhh! Thanks DCA. I just realised that I've typed the wrong date on my thread title!!! It should be 13 Feb., NOT 16 Feb.
No wonder you were asking for the TOTO and 4D numbers.

i thought the time on my PC is wrong

btw the pictures look rather soft?

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 14th February 2006

Originally Posted by eikin

i thought the time on my PC is wrong

btw the pictures look rather soft?

ya... esp yesterday no clouds... think his lens too bright... must come to your darkside den can shoot night at night...

Canew · 14th February 2006

Originally Posted by eikin

i thought the time on my PC is wrong

btw the pictures look rather soft?

Thanks for the comment eikin. Agreed that it looked soft. I would like to think that I've cropped it too tight and blown it too big.
I took the moon at 280mm (200 mm c/w 1.4x TC), but the moon only filled up less then 5% of the whole picture, hence my intensive cropping and resizing. The photos are at more than 100% crop.
Another thing to take note was that there was a creep on my pan head. (lost a washer, now substituting with another ill fitting one - can't really secure it as the washer bent when I tightened the handle) The camera was slowly dropping down when I took the photo, wonder whether that affected the photo. Will have to get the head checked out soon.

yftye · 14th February 2006

well done canew, but the brightness of the moon still insufficient

Canew · 14th February 2006

Thanks yftye. Will experiment increasing the exposure by another stop the next time when I get the chance.

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Canew Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 2,091	Shots of the moon today. (13 Feb. 2006) Ahhhh! Thanks DCA. I just realised that I've typed the wrong date on my thread title!!! It should be 13 Feb., NOT 16 Feb. No wonder you were asking for the TOTO and 4D numbers.

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yftye New Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 22	Re: Shots of the moon today. (16 Feb. 2006) well done canew, but the brightness of the moon still insufficient

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Canew Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 2,091	Re: Shots of the moon today. (16 Feb. 2006) Thanks yftye. Will experiment increasing the exposure by another stop the next time when I get the chance.

13th February 2006	#1
Canew Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 2,091	Shots of the moon today. (16 Feb. 2006) Just wanted to share 2 photos of the moon that was taken earlier. Manual focus used. #1: AWB. #2: Daylight WB.

14th February 2006	#2
joeyao Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 755	Re: Shots of the moon today. (16 Feb. 2006) It would be more interesting to shoot a half moon. There will be more contrast and the craters will show up more distinctly. Just my opinion.