Moon redux

[MTalley]

First attempt at a moon shot, new lens.

DRebel (300D)
Tamron 75-300mm f/4-5.6 LD
1/30 sec. @ f/5.6, ISO-100
Tripod
100% crop, slight unsharp mask applied.

http://www.4x2offroad.com/imagestore/moon03.jpg

Upon very close inspection, you can see a bit of purple fringing around the outside arc of the moon, maybe a pixel wide. Not bad for a $200 US lens, in my opinion.

Maybe in one of my upcoming lifetimes I can afford the 400L.

[guitarman3]

I like the shot Malcolm. What causes the greenish tint near the crescent line? Green cheese? :)
I'm surprised it didn't take longer than 1/30 at ISO 100 to make that exposure, but then I haven't tried photographing the moon yet. Did you have it all the way out to 300mm? Thanks for posting the data.

[Poco]

If you want to get rid of the green just convert it to black and white :-)

The funny thing about the moon is that it is actually very bright. A full moon that fills the frame is brighter than the beach on a sunny day. The cool thing about pictures of the moon or other objects in space is that it is much cheaper to get a half decent telescope and an adapter for your camera than long focal length lens. I have some good pictures from holding my S400 against the eyepiece on my telescope.

[MTalley]

I tried the telescope thing with my old P/S, but couldn't ever get anything other than a very blurry light spot.

Not sure why the greenish cast. AWB, maybe? (shrug) Yes, I was all the way out to 300mm.

At any rate, as the moon crept slowly towards the horizon, it turned a nice shade of orange (typical, since it's still fairly warm and muggy here). This one is at 1/3 second.

http://www.4x2offroad.com/imagestore/moon2.jpg

[BottomBracket]

Very nice shots!