The Official Shoot the Moon Thread

Wallace River wrote in post #18184875
Yesterday morning, got up at 4:30 am to see how super that moon was. Some wispy clouds started moving in around 5:30 am.

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Amazing!!!

Canadian Supermoon (with Kenko x2 teleconverter):

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My version of the supermoon.
Taken with SX50 and Lumix 1.7x teleconverter mounted in the front.

This morning's effort from Boulder, CO:

Last night, "on the fly" with a sister ship about a mile away...

My first moon shot, 11 shots stacked in LR.

Forgotitagain wrote in post #18185456
Last night, "on the fly" with a sister ship about a mile away...

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SWEET! I think this is the first Blackhawk on the moon.

First time..

Thanks! I was thrilled we were able to pull it off...we were getting low on gas, and only had one run to do it in. The spacing between the birds ended up being about perfect. I was on quite a high after getting the capture. i never attempted one like this before.

(On a sidenote, this is an Apache, which looks quite similar to the Blackhawk if you aren't dealing with helos on a daily basis!)

From tonight

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Strange! So many of these look pretty much alike. Guess I'll add my look-alike, too.
(Kenko 1.4x TC used to extend focal length.)

J-Blake wrote in post #18184703
Tomi, coincidentally my first DSLR was a 30D and second a 1DSII. If I remember correctly the 30D has a resolution of 8.2 megapixels and the 1DSII is 17 megapixels. The crop sensor of the 30D is 1.6, so if you take 8.2*1.6 = 13.12, so you're better off using the 1DSII which you can crop down and still come out ahead.

great point lol .. I din think of that ... thanks Jon .. and I have the 1Ds lll

Shot this morning, ground up and processed in photoshop...

Forgotitagain wrote in post #18185765
Thanks! I was thrilled we were able to pull it off...we were getting low on gas, and only had one run to do it in. The spacing between the birds ended up being about perfect. I was on quite a high after getting the capture. i never attempted one like this before.

(On a sidenote, this is an Apache, which looks quite similar to the Blackhawk if you aren't dealing with helos on a daily basis!)

I realized that right after I posted. DOH!
Thanks for the back story.

Moonrise at the mangroves

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