November Super Moon

[bholliman]

I shot the moon last night (11/13/16) close to the horizon, but was disappointed with the sharpness of the images. I used my 5DsR with 300 f/2.8 and 1.4xIII extender on a tripod, live view remote shutter, etc. The image below was shot at f/4 1/320 ISO 160, but tried other shutter speeds and apertures with roughly the same results. The lack of sharpness may have been due to atmospheric haze since it was fairly close to the horizon.

I plan to shoot it again tonight in a better setting (hopefully reflecting off a pond if the wind is still and sky clear). Can others share their camera settings that have worked well in the past?

I typically use f/8 - f/11, ISO 100 and spot metering, which have worked well for me. You're essentially shooting the sun, reflected off the moon - a light source, if you will.

I found somewhere the "Lunar 11 (or looney 11) rule" that is similar to the "Sunny 16 rule". I just play with the exposure in Manual mode and tweak the sharpness a touch as needed. I use the 10 second timer, mirror lock up, on a tripod with IS turned off.

Hope that helps.
Greg

Thanks Greg. I'll try this if I get another chance in the next few days. The clouds rolled in today, so looks like I'll miss the best night.

 

[atticus]

Unfortunately didn't have my tripod, but tried for a handheld pano at the long end of my 70-300L.

 

[JMZawodny]

The moon came up a bit more to the south than I had planned and the foreground I ended up with simply did not work. So I went back the house and shot this image after the sunlight was almost completely gone with only the last bits of blue remaining. (Quality decreased to get the file size reduced below the 5MB limit here)

 

[Click]

The moon came up a bit more to the south than I had planned and the foreground I ended up with simply did not work. So I went back the house and shot this image after the sunlight was almost completely gone with only the last bits of blue remaining. (Quality decreased to get the file size reduced below the 5MB limit here)

Nice shot. Well done, JMZawodny.

 

[Go_Jim]

I was unbelievably lucky. The supermoon rose almost in line with a city water tower in the distance, so I decided to use the water tower in the composition. I was even able to get the water tower's near-total "eclipse" of the supermoon. (I was amazed at how taking one step left or right made a noticeable difference in lining up the water tower and moon.)

Rather than post four separate images, here they are consolidated into one.

 

[Don Haines]

Supermoon behind a cloud in Downtown Ottawa....

 

[Click]

I was unbelievably lucky. The supermoon rose almost in line with a city water tower in the distance, so I decided to use the water tower in the composition. I was even able to get the water tower's near-total "eclipse" of the supermoon. (I was amazed at how taking one step left or right made a noticeable difference in lining up the water tower and moon.)

Rather than post four separate images, here they are consolidated into one.

Cool shots, Go Jim. Welcome to CR.

 

[serendipidy]

I was unbelievably lucky. The supermoon rose almost in line with a city water tower in the distance, so I decided to use the water tower in the composition. I was even able to get the water tower's near-total "eclipse" of the supermoon. (I was amazed at how taking one step left or right made a noticeable difference in lining up the water tower and moon.)

Rather than post four separate images, here they are consolidated into one.

That's awesome! Well done 8)

 

[clbayley]

My modest attempt as the moon rose on Monday...very heavy atmospheric distortion (that I like!) and eclipse like colour due to late harvest and dust in the air.

CB

 

[bholliman]

From the California Sierras
5DS, 300L f2.8 + 1.4X

Super Moon Nov 2016 1366 © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

Super Moon Nov 2016 1372 © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

Wow! Excellent shots Keith!

 

[Dr.D]

From Minnesota A perfect November night Shot with 1DX

 

[riveraktre]

Was fun hunting for the big cookie in the sky hope you guys had fun as well!

Shot on 1DX MK II with 70-200mm f2.8L IS MKII & 400mm F2.8L IS MK I shot with HDR blending

 

[KeithBreazeal]

From the California Sierras
5DS, 300L f2.8 + 1.4X

Lovely shots, Keith. 8)

Thank you Click

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

We saw the moon tonight, but it was thru light-heavy cloud cover, so it was very fuzzy. I should have snapped a photo and posted the image asking what was wrong with my lens

I bet I would have received a huge range of answers. At least, it wasn't raining at the time.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

From the California Sierras
5DS, 300L f2.8 + 1.4X

Super Moon Nov 2016 1366 © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

Super Moon Nov 2016 1372 © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

Wow! Excellent shots Keith!

Thanks bholliman

 

[TheJock]

I always wondered what was on the dark side of the moon ???

 

[KeithBreazeal]

I shot the moon last night (11/13/16) close to the horizon, but was disappointed with the sharpness of the images. I used my 5DsR with 300 f/2.8 and 1.4xIII extender on a tripod, live view remote shutter, etc. The image below was shot at f/4 1/320 ISO 160, but tried other shutter speeds and apertures with roughly the same results. The lack of sharpness may have been due to atmospheric haze since it was fairly close to the horizon.

I plan to shoot it again tonight in a better setting (hopefully reflecting off a pond if the wind is still and sky clear). Can others share their camera settings that have worked well in the past?

I typically use f/8 - f/11, ISO 100 and spot metering, which have worked well for me. You're essentially shooting the sun, reflected off the moon - a light source, if you will.

I found somewhere the "Lunar 11 (or looney 11) rule" that is similar to the "Sunny 16 rule". I just play with the exposure in Manual mode and tweak the sharpness a touch as needed. I use the 10 second timer, mirror lock up, on a tripod with IS turned off.

Hope that helps.
Greg

Thanks Greg. I'll try this if I get another chance in the next few days. The clouds rolled in today, so looks like I'll miss the best night.

The atmospherics killed the 5DS resolution. You could see a "boiling look" on the moon's surface when zoomed all the way in on the LCD during live view. The higher the shutter speed, the better chance of getting the turbulence effect reduced. I turn on IS to focus, then shut it off to shoot. Once I have the moon centered and focused and IS off, I leave the live view fully zoomed in to see when the vibrations are gone.
Here's a shot from 2013 and same location. There was zero atmospheric distortion! At 25 degrees, there is no heat rising to cause the distortions.

Super Moon editing before & after © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

 

[Maximilian]

Lovely shots here!

Somehow I feel a little bit insecure to add my results as well.

As always in Germany when it comes to any kind of interesting astronomical event the weather is playing against me. Yesterday it was a lovely clear and sunny day all day long also with low humidity and I was expecting quite good seeing. But in the evening when the moon was rising the forcasted weather front was arriving a little bit early. So it started to get cloudy and overcast I only had a short period with long breaks from 18:00 to 19:00 where I could do my shots.
The results are so-so.

 

[brianftpc]

nothing too special. Id like to rent an 800mm lens and put some planning into the landscape next time

 

[Alex_M]

The next time a Full Moon is even closer to Earth will be on November 25, 2034. By then, cameras in our smartphones will be good enough to take close up photos of Jupiter on a cloudy night

nothing too special. Id like to rent an 800mm lens and put some planning into the landscape next time