080805 Curve moon

Tattoo · 6th August 2008

Taken a few shot at the curve moon tonight.

Manual mode:Pattern 1/10sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm

Manual mode:Pattern 1/5sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm

Manual mode:Spot 1/8sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm

Manual mode:Spot 1/6sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm

redstone · 7th August 2008

You mean crescent?

lennyl · 7th August 2008

Was it cloudy? Your 1/8 sec exposure seems to be partly obscured. How much PP (for exposure) did you do?

I was a little surprised at the settings actually. I can usually shoot with smaller apertures at higher shutter speed. Did you apply a lot of sharpening as well? The halo at the edges seems indicative of over-sharpening.

One last question - tripod or hand-held?

Tattoo · 7th August 2008

Taken with tripod and no sharpening done just croping.Long Exposure NR:NO

lennyl · 7th August 2008

Originally Posted by Tattoo

Taken with tripod and no sharpening done just croping.Long Exposure NR:NO

Hmm, maybe in-camera sharpening then? Or sharpening could be applied when you resize the image smaller.

For comparison, here's two I took, one with a 75-300 and the other with a 100-400, both 100% crops, max. focal . The 75-300 has an obvious halo from sharpening. I'm not embedding the images since this is your thread.

1/50 @ f/14, ISO 100, 300mm

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/80080654_GncQ3-L.jpg

1/125 @ f/11, ISO 200, 400mm

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/315284942_XswXB-L.jpg

Almost no sharpening has been done to the 400mm version. It's a little soft because my eyes can't help me manual focus at night

That's one of the times when I miss LiveView.

Tattoo · 7th August 2008

Maybe we are using different camera, my Nikon D50 and your canon EOS 20D.
And i am still learning went free time.

lennyl · 7th August 2008

Originally Posted by Tattoo

Maybe we are using different camera, my Nikon D50 and your canon EOS 20D.

DSLRs are not that different despite what some like to claim. Anyway, like I said, the halos could be due to the resizing. You did resize, right?

Anyway, I find moonshots fun and I hope you enjoy it too. I hope I'm not coming across as dissing your images - I'm not. I won't call them spectacular (neither are mine) but they're far from bad. Just wanted to offer some suggestions on how to improve it.

For inspiration, here's some amazing shots by a Filipino with his amazing combo - not quite a telescope, but so big it's not too far from one (he uses it for birds mostly).

http://www.pbase.com/liquidstone/moon_shots

6th August 2008	#1
Tattoo Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toa Payoh Posts: 103	080805 Curve moon Taken a few shot at the curve moon tonight. Manual mode:Pattern 1/10sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm Manual mode:Pattern 1/5sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm Manual mode:Spot 1/8sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm Manual mode:Spot 1/6sec F/5.6 iso 200 F/L300mm __________________ D300/D80 50mm f/1.8,70-200mmVR f/2.8,18-200mmVR f/3.5,70-300mmVR f/4.5 http://tattoo58.multiply.com Last edited by Tattoo; 6th August 2008 at 10:34 PM.

7th August 2008	#2
redstone Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Beyond the outer limits Posts: 2,766	Re: 080805 Curve moon You mean crescent? __________________ redstonean.deviantart.com \| www.flickr.com/photos/redstonean/ What signature? This? Here?

7th August 2008	#3
lennyl Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,522	Re: 080805 Curve moon Was it cloudy? Your 1/8 sec exposure seems to be partly obscured. How much PP (for exposure) did you do? I was a little surprised at the settings actually. I can usually shoot with smaller apertures at higher shutter speed. Did you apply a lot of sharpening as well? The halo at the edges seems indicative of over-sharpening. One last question - tripod or hand-held?

7th August 2008	#4
Tattoo Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toa Payoh Posts: 103	Re: 080805 Curve moon Taken with tripod and no sharpening done just croping.Long Exposure NR:NO __________________ D300/D80 50mm f/1.8,70-200mmVR f/2.8,18-200mmVR f/3.5,70-300mmVR f/4.5 http://tattoo58.multiply.com Last edited by Tattoo; 7th August 2008 at 08:12 AM.

7th August 2008	#6
Tattoo Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toa Payoh Posts: 103	Re: 080805 Curve moon Maybe we are using different camera, my Nikon D50 and your canon EOS 20D. And i am still learning went free time. __________________ D300/D80 50mm f/1.8,70-200mmVR f/2.8,18-200mmVR f/3.5,70-300mmVR f/4.5 http://tattoo58.multiply.com Last edited by Tattoo; 7th August 2008 at 01:55 PM.