Moon photos

[sedwards]

i am liking my 7DII more and more
400 f5.6L + ex1.4II on a tripod with remote release
1/160
f8
iso 800
0V8A1518 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[gary samples]

here's two moon shots one @ 600mm and one @ 840mm

 

[snowleo]

X-Mas full moon with some kind of 'heavenly' addition...

(Taken with 7D MkII and 100-400 II)

 

[Click]

Great shot with the plane. Nicely done.

 

[rfdesigner]

If I may I'd like to add my image of the moon taken with my old 30D on my scope a few years ago.

Processing boiled down to a huge effort to get the sharpening right.

Colour is calculated and set to match the exact moon colour (which is approx 7% bighter red than blue.. i.e very very faintly pink) when I first did this the image came alive for me, so I've kept to this colour. The image is a link to the full res shot, please feel free to explore. I also padded the image on left and right so I could use it as a desktop wallpaper.

What I need to do is take a long series of shots, stack with dither then sharpen, as it would produce a much sharper and more detailed image after processing.. something for 2016, as it is this is simply a carefully processed single image.

 

[candc]

tonight's moon
a7rii, 600ii + sigma tc-2001

 

[JMZawodny]

I shot this first image a couple of nights ago while getting the feel for the 500mm f4 with a 1.4x extender. It is OK considering the equipment. I am, however, and old hand at lunar photography and have a fair number of worthy (IMHO) imagery attempts. The most interesting of my mosaics are too large for this forum, unfortunately.

 

[JMZawodny]

Perhaps I need to upload these one at a time. A little bit artsy - totally out of my element.

 

[JMZawodny]

OK, here is the next one. Fun with exposures.

 

[JMZawodny]

OK, here is the last one. Be careful with this one as it is rather large.

 

[JMZawodny]

Lastly, some of you may enjoy the difficulties of imaging the Moon from an urban area. (230 MB)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2249936/Moon_Jet_Flyby.avi

 

[candc]

Perhaps I need to upload these one at a time. A little bit artsy - totally out of my element.

I like this one the best

 

[azhelishot]

OK, here is the last one. Be careful with this one as it is rather large.

Awesome photo, really like it...definitely an interesting composition.

 

[MShannon]

My attempt using a 100D at prime focus mounted on my 8" Newtonian Reflector. Apologies for the facebook compression.

 

[lion rock]

Shot with Canon 60D body mounted on an 8-inch Cassegrain telescope on July 19, about 9:30PM. 100% crop.
Biggest image I've been able to get. With my camera and a X2/200mm lens, the size of the moon on the photo is no bigger than 1/20th this size!
Thanks to Neal and Kay, my neighbors who owns the telescope, for the opportunity!
Next stop, when the night sky is clear, Saturn. What Neal wants.
-r

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Lion rock.
Nice shot, still can't see the lunar rover, let alone the flag. ;D :

Cheers, Graham.

 

[lion rock]

Thanks Valvebounce!
Look, I'm Chinese, I was looking for Chang'e (Google her) and her white rabbit : ;D.
What I like to get is a simple way of focusing the set up, as it is now, the gear in the telescope is just too stiff and sensitive. A tiny twist will move the focus too, too much. So it is with the telescope alignment, too. I miss the ease of focus (manually or auto) of a camera lens. Then, my magnification is poor.
-r

PS., I read recently somewhere that the American flag planted on the moon is deteriorating after these nearly 50 years. Time to replace it!

Hi Lion rock.
Nice shot, still can't see the lunar rover, let alone the flag. ;D :

Cheers, Graham.

 

[jrista]

I thought I had shared these before...but I guess I haven't. From the eclipse last fall:

A bit more of a "dramatic" lunar eclipse that year.

 

[lion rock]

grist,
Just fantastic!
-r

I thought I had shared these before...but I guess I haven't. From the eclipse last fall:


A bit more of a "dramatic" lunar eclipse that year.

 

[scyrene]

Got a new telescope! The moon was the only thing I could practise on for now...