The Mooon...

Amp34 · 28 Jun 2007 at 15:41

I recently go a tripod and having failed abismally taking photos of the moon before I decided to have another go. It's a 100% crop with some major sharpening done to it, nothing else. Taken with my Canon 75-300 IS.

ChroniC · 28 Jun 2007 at 15:50

Thats looks pretty good, ive never tried the moon, didnt think it was possible with a standard zoom.

One time, I saw a man looking at me, yes, with his eyes. And then, he, he picked up a tube. And he looked, in the tube, and he made the moon big, inside the tube. The moon big inside a tube!

J1234 · 28 Jun 2007 at 15:55

ChroniC said:
One time, I saw a man looking at me, yes, with his eyes. And then, he, he picked up a tube. And he looked, in the tube, and he made the moon big, inside the tube. The moon big inside a tube!

Haha, love the Boosh

Raikiri · 28 Jun 2007 at 16:28

Lot better than my s5600!

I would adjust the levels slightly to make the background black, currently it looks slightly uneven/noisey.

hargi · 28 Jun 2007 at 16:32

Raikiri fancy posting your moon? I have the same camera as you and was wondering if its worth having a go?

Raikiri · 28 Jun 2007 at 16:34

About 50% crop, taken by hand.

Amp34 · 28 Jun 2007 at 23:14

ChroniC said:
Thats looks pretty good, ive never tried the moon, didnt think it was possible with a standard zoom.

The first time I tried it it came out shockingly,

. If I actually wanted to print it out I would need a lot longer lens, probably around the 1000mm mark. The glory of 800x600 makes all the difference.

Raikiri said:
I would adjust the levels slightly to make the background black, currently it looks slightly uneven/noisey.

Hmm I can't see that. :confused:

But I will take it back to PS and have a go.

ScarySquirrel · 29 Jun 2007 at 09:06

Cool moon, i tried this with a Sigma 300mm zoom lens and was surprised by the results.

ps. What do you mean when you say a 100% crop. Does that mean that you didn't crop it at all? Thanks

Messiah Khan · 29 Jun 2007 at 09:15

ScarySquirrel said:
Cool moon, i tried this with a Sigma 300mm zoom lens and was surprised by the results.

ps. What do you mean when you say a 100% crop. Does that mean that you didn't crop it at all? Thanks

It means you have 1:1 pixel ratio. So your 800x600 picture is infact a 800x600 section out of the whole however many megapixel image. ~I think thats what it means anyway.

Amp34 · 29 Jun 2007 at 13:14

messiah khan said:
It means you have 1:1 pixel ratio. So your 800x600 picture is infact a 800x600 section out of the whole however many megapixel image. ~I think thats what it means anyway.

Yep.

rtk · 30 Jun 2007 at 00:06

Sweet moon shots, ive been using my 70-300mm on tripod too, although id love to try the Canon 100-400mm, bet that'd give some awesome shots!

Amp34 · 30 Jun 2007 at 00:58

rtk said:
Sweet moon shots, ive been using my 70-300mm on tripod too, although id love to try the Canon 100-400mm, bet that'd give some awesome shots!

The 100-400 is a lens I would get in an instant if I had the money. One of the guys on TP has one of them and a 2x and 1.4x TC. Overall length of about 1200mm. :eek:

chameleon · 30 Jun 2007 at 02:30

soon as I get a clear night (full moon tomorrow so here's hoping) Ill take a few with the 100-400 and post em up.

themask70 · 30 Jun 2007 at 13:29

Really like the moon shot, nice composition but I maybe wouldn't have cropped it as much, imo it's looking a little bit too soft.