The Official Shoot the Moon Thread

I went outside in the evening yesterday and say the moon was out and thought I'd take a picture to test my settings for the upcoming Full-Moon/Blue-Moon/Super-Moon/Blood-Moon. I've been closely watching the weather for almost daily for the last two months. In the last week I've been watching the predictions for weather every few hours in case there's a nearby city I can get to that has less cloud than my own. I think it's going to be VERY cloudy here in Sydney, Australia... so I might need to drive for 5 hours to get to a spot near Canberra that will offer me clearer skies. Taken with the Canon EOS M6 + Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM II lens + Canon EF 2x III Extender.

Here’s my attempt. I may try my 55-250 stm just for that extra reach

I think this one is better

Taken just after sunset - during the so-called "Blue Hour" period. Shot from my front lawn. I bought the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM II lens especially to fill in until I get around to purchasing a more serious and dedicated Telescope - it's better than the spotting scope I was using. I think this was my first day using the EF 2x III Extender. Mounting both the extender and lens on my older Canon EOSM (APS-C) gave me a total focal length equivalent of 1120mm.

I like this shot... it might be the blue hue of the sky... although it has been cropped. Not bad for a handheld JPEG though. it captured some subtle and interesting textures and details in the lowland lava plains of Mare Imbrium and Montes Apenninus (Apennine Mountains).

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nice, been scouting out a location of plane flying through the moon for a while. Should give me more opportunities, but tough to find the exact location.

it's not easy considering the moon and plane both move around

Used my Televue 85 for this shot...first time for me using a real telescope.

hyl wrote in post #18552333
Used my Televue 85 for this shot...first time for me using a real telescope.

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Very nice job!

and Welcome to POTN!!

A test shot on the night of 30th Jan 2018, I day/night before the total Lunar Eclipse of 31st Jan 2018. From Brisbane, mid-totality is around 11:30pm, but the weather is looking a bit iffy.

Maybe I should just colour this one in with a reddish hue! LOL!

Taken with the Canon 5D Mk III attached to a Celestron C9.25 F10 telescope using a x0.63 Reducer which gives an effective focal length of around 1500mm.

Cheers

Dennis

From this evening, happy mooning!

Getting ready for the big show.

Benitoite wrote in post #18553073
Getting ready for the big show.

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And voila, this morning's nearly-super blue blood moon.

I know most in the U.S. weren't able to see the full lunar eclipse, but luckily in SoCal it was clear enough. Not often I set my alarm for 5:00am

Tried to keep the ISO down as much as possible since this 50D has really dated noise reduction. This is probably the best one out of the bunch, just wish I could achieve sharper edges without having to resort to post-production.

This is the best I could come up with.

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