Shooting for the moon

[Travis F]

I decided to get out and take a few shots of the moon tonight since I have a friends Canon 2x TC that I have to list here for sale (that's another topic though..).

Anyway, I used a Sigma 120-300 with the Canon 2x attached to the lens and a Sigma 2x TC attached to the body (and obviously they were attached to one another :D). I realize that I need a better tripod and head to do work like this.

http://tfredenburg.smugmug.com/photos/469359239_5tqQ7-X3.jpg

Thanks for looking,
Travis

[jm4ever]

Your exif info say you were at 600mm for this shot, but I thought it would be more than that with stacked 2TC's. Sigma at 300mm x2 TC X 2TC =1200mm?

At any rate I think the shot is really quite good especially with two TC factored in.:)

[Travis F]

Your exif info say you were at 600mm for this shot, but I thought it would be more than that with stacked 2TC's. Sigma at 300mm x2 TC X 2TC =1200mm?


Thank you. And yes the exif does show 600mm for some reason one of the TC wasn't reporting to the camera. Maybe if I switch the order of them and put the canon on the body and the sigma on the lens.....

Thanks,
Travis

[lsuber]

Really good shot of the moon, I've never been able to get a decent one with my limited equipment.

[Travis F]

I decided to try a little more PP on my attempt at the moon. I stacked 4 shots together at various opacities and came up with this.

Let me know what you all think. This was my first attempt at stacking images so any advice is appreciated. I just used the built in script in CS3. I don't even know if that is the correct way to do it or not...LOL.

http://tfredenburg.smugmug.com/photos/470858356_rFZUP-X3.jpg

Thanks,
Travis