Moon with 40D

[Nikolai]

I could not pass the pleasure of getting 10Mp shot of the moon. Here is 100% crop:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/199152011-O.jpg

Canon 40D + EF 100-400 at 400mm + TCx1.4

[salazar]

Hi Nik, you've been busy with your new 40D's. I've never taken a photo of the moon except during an eclipse. Your photo above, is it a B&W or does the moon really have no discernible colour? How many shots did you need to get one so clear?

[Awais Yaqub]

:huh In past i use to spot one or 2 aliens. But with d40 i can even see you there :huh

[Nikolai]

Hi Nik, you've been busy with your new 40D's. I've never taken a photo of the moon except during an eclipse. Your photo above, is it a B&W or does the moon really have no discernible colour? How many shots did you need to get one so clear?
Yeah, I need to learn the gear before I use it at Glacier:-)

Moon color is GREATLY affected by the atmosphere. But, as I specified in my Green Flash post, last night we had exquisitely clear air, you could see for 70-100 miles. With this shot I only tweaked the saturation a bit to kill the color noise, but it was pretty much this totally neutral image right off the bat (the histogram was purely white, i.e. all the channels were identical)

I usually take several shots (3-5-10) just to make sure. I also refocus after 1-2. Focusing is the primary issue with the moon shots. Since it's my driveway, I shoot, go back, upload, verify on a big screen, if I don't like it - I shoot again. Originally it could take like 20 shots to get a cream puff, now it's usually 3-5 and they are pretty much all the same.

HTH

[Nikolai]

:huh In past i use to spot one or 2 aliens. But with d40 i can even see you there :huh
LOL, thank you my friend! :thumb

[kdog]

Very nice, Nikolai. Did you take this on the 22nd or the 23rd? Two things seem curious. The moon looks elongated horizontally. It's not round. Second, compared to the shots I took tonight, yours is flipped horizontally. So it's a mirror image of mine. Very curious.

Cheers,
-joel

[Nikolai]

Very nice, Nikolai. Did you take this on the 22nd or the 23rd? Two things seem curious. The moon looks elongated horizontally. It's not round. Second, compared to the shots I took tonight, yours is flipped horizontally. So it's a mirror image of mine. Very curious.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks! :thumb

It was taken last night, just after midnight.

Re: elongation.
I like rotating non-full moon so it fits the frame, also makes it more dramatic, since you never see it this way. But other than that I didn't reshape it. :deal

Re: mirror. Bingo.:thumb
It's flipped, not only rotated. Wanted to have some fun, too:-) :wink

[riz_sat]

it looks like a
golf ball hehe
but that is
spherical anyways
nice work :D

[Nikolai]

it looks like a
golf ball hehe
but that is
spherical anyways
nice work :D
Thank you for stopping by! :thumb