The Official Shoot the Moon Thread

Inspeqtor wrote in post #16253156
^^^Gorgeous moon shot!!^^^

thanks.. I'm planning a new one, but it means pulling apart my main astro camera rig.

What I didn't do with the shot was stack multiple images to reduce noise, nor did I use a coma corrector, which I now have.. so there's two lots more sharpening I could do. My guess is I'll be able to blow up to A3 but still pin sharp once I've done. The image I posted is pin sharp at A4.

What I can't do is take a full moon.. not without doing a mosaic.. it won't all fit on the sensor.

Derek

Hello everyone,
I believe you may classify me as a lurker, I have been in photography as a hobby for over 30 years. I saw this thread and will contribute this image. I am not an astronomer or photographer of the celestial.
This was taken with a Canon EOS 50D + EF600 f4 IS + Canon 1.4TC II mounted on Wimberley Gimbal Head II, Gitzo G1320 tripod.

Sorry image was too large, had to resize.

Richard M. A. Wood wrote in post #16258968
Sorry image was too large, had to resize.

Nice image.. I take it this is two images glued together in PS?

NCHANT wrote in post #16231296
Last nights moon

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/mikeymack/95670​21655/
Stacked moonrise by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/mikeymack/95698​21208/
Rangitoto Moonrise #3 by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/mikeymack/95665​72323/
Moonrise over Rangitoto by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

This first photo is super sweet

rfdesigner wrote in post #16259069
Nice image.. I take it this is two images glued together in PS?

No, this is one single image, aircraft crossing the moon and shot taken. Does not happen often. Look carefully at the contrails just behind the engines. This is not "fake". PS was used to do the editing/PP.

Richard M. A. Wood wrote in post #16259223
No, this is one single image, aircraft crossing the moon and shot taken. Does not happen often. Look carefully at the contrails just behind the engines. This is not "fake". PS was used to do the editing/PP.

That's amazing, great capture.

Richard...fantastic images.

Richard, I agree with Paul... totally fantastic images! You must live very near a large airport (international airport perhaps) to get those aircraft in the path of the moon!

Check out how many flights there are in Europe currently http://www.flightradar​24.com/44.6,35.99/4 that's where you'd want to live to get some if these pics

Milutiche wrote in post #16260435
Check out how many flights there are in Europe currently http://www.flightradar​24.com/44.6,35.99/4 that's where you'd want to live to get some if these pics

That web-site is on my "top sites" for use.It seems like devices like the SB-1 radar box are now obsolete with sites like this. I live in Florida and most commercial traffic shows up. The military aircraft do not.

Richard M. A. Wood wrote in post #16259223
No, this is one single image, aircraft crossing the moon and shot taken. Does not happen often. Look carefully at the contrails just behind the engines. This is not "fake". PS was used to do the editing/PP.

Wow! must have taken a lot of planning, I've seen images a bit like this before, but the aircraft/spacecraft have always been in silhouette. Presumably it must have been taken near dawn/dusk as well as properly aligned/timed etc.

thanks for posting.

Richard, excellent!!

70D, handheld with the 70-300L at 300 with 1/60 shutter. Cropped in as well..other than that SooC

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/61744772@N06/9​669342870/

Richard M. A. Wood wrote in post #16258968
Sorry image was too large, had to resize.

Richard M. A. Wood wrote in post #16259223
No, this is one single image, aircraft crossing the moon and shot taken. Does not happen often. Look carefully at the contrails just behind the engines. This is not "fake". PS was used to do the editing/PP.

Richard, very nice image - curious your copyright says 2012 yet the EXIF data says "Date Created = 2009/03/06", which is correct?
What lens & TC combo did you use for 840mm?

I missed the post above....

Wow, now that is some lens-power!!
A $12k lens, curious you are a Pro photog or connections to some, right?