1st Moon Shot - Don't have the "glass"

[JeffreyP]

Hey everyone, I took this with a 20D, EF 75-210 f4 lens.

ISO 100 1/8 sec. f 20 It's the best zoomed in crop I could muster.

I just dont think I have the glass I need yet for a good moon shot........ :cry:

A little out of focus too, but I think it may be because of the extremely zoomed crop, dunno. I just dont think that lens can reach enough.

Maybe not "too" awful for that chinsey lens though, I dunno.

Can this shot be further enhanced in PS anybody think?

Jeff


http://home.comcast.net/~puff-puff-give/wsb/media/798915/site1013.jpg

[JeffreyP]

Here it is again with some more tweaking in photoshop.

I desaturated, used a little unsharp mask, & adjusted curves & contrast.

Still not bad for that little crappy 210 lens.............

http://home.comcast.net/~puff-puff-give/wsb/media/798915/site1014.jpg

[Littlenose]

try some different settings... and here's a site with some helpful pointers on shooting the moon...

http://www.schoolofphotography.com/night/night3.html#sm

Mikey

[yeah1000]

Nice picture!
whenever i try to shoot the moon with my 3.2mp camera it doesnt come out very well. Anyway, i was wondering if anyone knows any other place where there are good quality images of the moon (taken from earth)
ty

[Littlenose]

try using the search facility of the forum and search for "moon", and you'll see a whole selection of pretty impressive moon shots. :)

[jfrancho]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041030.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041113.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041029.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day Archives have a ton of original shots.
~JF

[OceanRider]

i like it!!!