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Dave W
10th of June 2008 (Tue), 19:01
Shot of the moon from tonight (10th June.) 40D with 100-400 maxed at 100mm, 1/40 second, F6.3, ISO 100 & Raw. This is a 100% crop no sharpening or other work done in photoshop.

Given that when I zoomed in using live view I could see the moon's surface shimmering due to atmospherics, I am really pleased with how sharp this is.

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm207/mx5driver000/Moon-10-06-08.jpg
Teeth
11th of June 2008 (Wed), 01:37
Nice pic... it's got loads of clarity for the zoom and crop.
jscotti
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 00:58
I presume you meant "maxed at 400mm". Nice shot. Just a little overexposed on the right edge of the Moon, but well exposed near the terminator. Nice and sharp too. I would have used an exposure of something like 1/100 seconds at f/6.3 and ISO 100 which might have solved that overexposure.....
coondogg
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 00:59
here is mine from the 10th also, only mine doesn't look as good...:(

Edit: I took it out... see below.
Raymanet
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 09:47
Wow this is incredible - (http://www.hitflip.at/books/title/Das_Buch_der_Schatten_37818/) any more photos? Give us some more, really impressive ;)
TeeJay
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 10:58
That's a superb photo Dave, well done!

TJ
TeeJay
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 11:00
Dave, just spotted your sig! :-) I think the forum should insist "empty wallet" is a pre-requisit for joining! ;-)

TJ
coondogg
12th of June 2008 (Thu), 11:27
mine was soo yuckey that I took it down...

Ver. 1.2

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb276/coondogg15210/0b76849f.jpg
leeport
13th of June 2008 (Fri), 22:39
Excellent shot, I can see why you were pleased.
Dave W
18th of June 2008 (Wed), 09:57
Hey all! I just noticed how many people have been kind enough to reply to this thread.

Coondogg, if that was taken with your 55-250 IS I actually think that is pretty good! (You should have seen my first attempt last year with a Tamron 55-200 when I first started getting into photography :oops:)

jscotti, yes I did mean maxed at 400mm (doh!) and I appreciate your comments about the exposure. I shot in 'm' mode and tried a few different apeture / shutter combinations but did not think to try some exposure variations, or try metering off centre - one to remember for next time!

I have had a play in Photoshop to try and cool the original down a bit, not sure if I like it better or not. Adjusted curves, burn tool, sponge tool and a touch of USM. Any C&C apprecited!

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm207/mx5driver000/Photoshopped-Moon.jpg

Just for good measure, here is one I took a couple of hours earlier in the daylight, sharpened a bit and increased contrast in photoshop; F5.6 1/320 ISO 100
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm207/mx5driver000/Daylight-Moon.jpg
jscotti
18th of June 2008 (Wed), 23:27
I like the new night-time version. Not sure the color is right - I don't think I've ever quite seen that strong a brown color, but it does show the variation of the different Mare surfaces very nicely. You can even see the dark Mare surface that goes into the Taurus-Littrow valley where Apollo 17 landed on the southeast edge of Mare Serenitatis! I love pictures like this - it really makes me want to go visit the place!

Jim.