Beautiful moon last night !!

WildWallyWildWally Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
edited June 12, 2008 in Other Cool Shots
Tried my 300/2.8vr + 1.7xTC stacked with another 2xTC ..

auto white ballance
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And sunshine white ballance ..
Which do you prefer ??
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Comments

  • Chris_NDChris_ND Registered Users Posts: 81 Big grins
    edited June 11, 2008
    number one is beautiful....
    number two just looks dirty. =)

    I wish I had the gear to take great photos like this.
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited June 11, 2008
    Really Nailed. mwink.gif Excellent. thumb.gif Either are so nice.
    Michael
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,319 Major grins
    edited June 12, 2008
    I think they're both very well done. I prefer the second. Nice work.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • crashmastercrashmaster Registered Users Posts: 37 Big grins
    edited June 12, 2008
    Either are great! Its art, not science.:D Because of atmospheric extinction the moon will appear a warmer color when its lower on the horizon as will the sun, but when high up in the sky, its whiter, just like the sun. So your second version (daylight WB) may actually be how it looked to your eye at the time since moon light is simply reflected sunlight, depends where it was on the horizon. In astrophotograpy we take extinction into account when adjusting WB on the stacked RGB frames of deep space objects, but we are usually shooting the object over a long time though its progression up from the horizon, so in order to make the star colors correct, we have to take extinction into account and adjust for it. But for the moon, I like the appearance of a little warmth, its easier to look at. Its all personal preference though.......

    Nice job!
    Canon 40D
    SBIG STL-11000
    Alta U16M
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