Insane Fullmoon

[DI-Joe]

We had a rediculous fullmoon last night. The clouds were sailing by at an astonishing rate, but what was really great was the brightness of it all. The moon was faar brighter than I've seen in a long time and it was a perfect opportunity to shoot with slower ISO setting and maybe close up the aperture a bit to enhance focus.

So, enough yammering here it is.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2132278738_33cf51f448_b.jpg

This is an 8 shot HDR image(hence the lack of EXIF) Shot at ISO1600 at 1600mm f/20 1/200th to 1/8000th(yes, i know... it was really freaking bright).

I also gleaned this shot and this short video from some timelapse that I did.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2087/2132540470_f2bcb13a09_b.jpg

And then the video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ila_MBitm9M

Enjoy.

[OffTopic]

That's a gorgeous shot - I would kill to have that big glass, and it looks like HDR was an effective technique here. I see you also got that really bright spot on the left side of the moon - is that Aristarchus? Every moon map I can find has Tycho in a different spot than it was last night so I'm not 100% sure with my identification; it's so bright that it almost looks like something reflecting light.

Darn I hate you big-lens people :D I had to make do with my 200mm :rolleyes but I got out early enough to catch Mars near opposition at the lower right of the moon.

[leaforte]

Yes, the moon was amazing last night. And even this morning, in the NW it played nicely in a the blue sky. You have a very cool shot. Did you get any with Mars?

[DI-Joe]

I did actually try, but none of my Mars photos would turn out, the noise was too bad. I hope to get a nice Meade telescope and an eyepiece adapter for Canon so I can do REAL astrophotography. I'll be sure to post up pics as soon as I do.

[Zanotti]

Really nice shot and treatment. I did get some shots of the moon with mars in the frame, but the redness goes away after post processing.

I always learned that the moon was a sun lit object, so the sunny 16 rule applies. The right exposure should be f16 at 1/ISO. I am not surprised at your exposures, especially at ISO1600, you should have these shutter speeds.

There is a tutorial on sunny 16 somewhere here.....
http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/3762805


Says about the same thing!

My shots that included mars are here:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=79424


Again, great shots. I didn't think to try HDR. That's why photography is so facinating - everybody approaches the same thing differently with great results,

Z