Moon: standard and postprocessed

[Rob612]

Tonight I was playing a little with the 90-300 and saw a nice almost full moon... so i gave it a try. Shoot directly in jpeg (no raw here) then cropped and finally postprocessed heavily.

The first pic is what came out of the camera (100% crop), the second one is after PS (still 100%)

Shoot me ! :D

[Titus213]

Pretty amazing stuff. I like the second image. Nice post processing job. The dark background does a great job of setting it off better.

[MAD DOG]

Excellent!

Love the detail in pic 2.

Unusual subject, but well worth the effort.

[aam1234]

Well done Rob. Excellent PP.

[fetching]

very nice, i like both of them.

[mdm]

I like it, I like it alot!

[fetching]

inspired by your moon shots, i went out back to take one of my own.


for your viewing pleasure, i present, "moon over northern california"


:mrgreen: :lol:


astounding, isn't it? i know. you guys are speechless. :D

[aam1234]

fetching, that's what I get too :lol: Actually, with the 100-400 you get slightly bigger moon.

[Rob612]

fetching, that's what I get too :lol: Actually, with the 100-400 you get slightly bigger moon.

Wait a second... I took mine with a crappy 90-300 and got that detail, how come that with the 100-400 you go worst ? Sounds impossible to me, or I am missing something.

I must say that of course my big moon is a crop of the original image but still the details were there. I do not have too much experience in shooting the moon but at this point I suppose that the fact that I took the original pic well before dusk gave me a better exposition ? Sounds reasonable ??

[aam1234]

Rob, I was teasing fetching :D

[fetching]

Wait a second... I took mine with a crappy 90-300 and got that detail, how come that with the 100-400 you go worst ? Sounds impossible to me, or I am missing something.

I must say that of course my big moon is a crop of the original image but still the details were there. I do not have too much experience in shooting the moon but at this point I suppose that the fact that I took the original pic well before dusk gave me a better exposition ? Sounds reasonable ??


don't lie, you were closer to the moon when you took that photo.


(you'll have to excuse me, i'm in a weird mood tonight.)

[Rob612]

Rob, I was teasing fetching :D

:D

[Rob612]

don't lie, you were closer to the moon when you took that photo.


(you'll have to excuse me, i'm in a weird mood tonight.)

OK, you got me. Actually there was no kryptonite around, so was able to go take closer pics :D

[fetching]

:D

I love your moon shots and I really was inspired to go outside and try myself. that dot was taken with my XT and 135mm CZJ lens.



this summer i am getting the 70-200mm f4 L, will I have better luck then?

[aam1234]

:D
this summer i am getting the 70-200mm f4 L, will I have better luck then?

Don't expect too much with 200mm. Even with 400mm the moon is not big enough (before cropping).

[shootblue]

The warm color of the moon should give way to a more grey color. Unless, it is rising, it just kind looks off. Also, make sure your exposure is such that your subject is not overexposed. The moon is a very tight line, but you can always brighten if need be. Don't be afraid to shoot manual and adjust. The photo shouldnt need a lot of post...this one only had a set of sharpen and sharpen edges. Its a good effort, try and see what the next time gets ya....

[kbreit]

The warm color of the moon should give way to a more grey color. Unless, it is rising, it just kind looks off. Also, make sure your exposure is such that your subject is not overexposed. The moon is a very tight line, but you can always brighten if need be. Don't be afraid to shoot manual and adjust. The photo shouldnt need a lot of post...this one only had a set of sharpen and sharpen edges. Its a good effort, try and see what the next time gets ya....

Wow! What settings did you use?

[Wazza]

Great moon shots.

Try standing on a car, in order for the moon to fill the frame more. ;)