full moon

stuck · Post by **stuck** » 09 Jan 2012, 18:23

Noticed the full moon as I drove home to night. Once I got home, I put my camera on a tripod and after a bit of trial and error on the exposure was able to crop this out of the middle of one of the frames.

Ken
Canon 400D, Tamron 55-200 zoom at 200mm, ISO 400, 1/125sec at f5.6. Crop and level tweaks with Canon DPP software.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 09 Jan 2012, 18:26

Nice shot, Ken.
Good work!

Argus · Post by **Argus** » 09 Jan 2012, 19:01

Looks like cheese, Gromit.

Nice, indeed good work.

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 09 Jan 2012, 19:06

Are you sure it's the right way up?

Post by **Leif** » 09 Jan 2012, 19:12

Argus wrote:Looks like cheese, Gromit.

Nice, indeed good work.

You took the Wensleydale right out of my mouth

Argus · Post by **Argus** » 09 Jan 2012, 19:45

Now I'm hungry.
http://www.britishcheese.com/snacks/wen ... iabatta-41" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **HansV** » 09 Jan 2012, 20:03

Excellent shot, Ken! (And yes, it's the right side up, John)

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 09 Jan 2012, 22:20

Beautifully done, Ken!

Skitterbug · Post by **Skitterbug** » 10 Jan 2012, 04:04

stuck wrote:Noticed the full moon as I drove home to night. Once I got home, I put my camera on a tripod and after a bit of trial and error on the exposure was able to crop this out of the middle of one of the frames.

Ken
Canon 400D, Tamron 55-200 zoom at 200mm, ISO 400, 1/125sec at f5.6. Crop and level tweaks with Canon DPP software.

You sure do have a talent for taking excellent pics! Well done!

stuck · Post by **stuck** » 10 Jan 2012, 09:43

Thank you for all your praise but having looked at the original file, I'm not that impressed with the quality of the picture. The camera was on a tripod and I fired the shutter with a remote release so the camera should have been rock steady but the image doesn't seem to be sharp, as if the camera autofocus is off and/or lens aberrations are more obvious than I would expect.

Ken

Bowlie · Post by **Bowlie** » 10 Jan 2012, 09:58

stuck wrote: as if the camera autofocus is off

Er, how does autofocus work on something that is, on average, 385,000kms away. Since this is about 1.282 light-seconds, it would take 2 1/2 seconds for infrared light to bounce off, even if your camera had the power to send it that far ...

Post by **HansV** » 10 Jan 2012, 10:07

I assume that AutoFocus will focus on 'infinity' if the signal doesn't return.

stuck · Post by **stuck** » 10 Jan 2012, 10:50

HansV wrote:I assume that AutoFocus will focus on 'infinity' if the signal doesn't return.

Err, wot Hans said

Ken

jonwallace · Post by **jonwallace** » 10 Jan 2012, 12:09

I think most modern SLR cameras (such as Ken's Canon) use passive autofocus rather than active, so the return time from the Moon isn't actually a problem :) (look here)

What's more likely to have happened is that that pesky Moon just wouldn't stay still and insisted on orbiting the Earth during your exposure (although it wouldn't get far in 1/125th of a second...) or atmospheric disturbances blurred the shot. Especially a problem as a yellow moon is low down in the sky and the layer of atmosphere that you're shooting through is thick.

Either way, it's a great shot and while your search for perfection is admirable it's impossible to achieve when nature conspires against you...

(I'm reminded of my son (the photographer) who's going to email us the pictures he took of a walled garden at my other son's wedding in September, as soon as he finishes processing them (he always shoots in RAW) my wife just wants to see the bloomin' pictures!!))

stuck · Post by **stuck** » 07 Nov 2020, 18:56

Revisiting this image with nearly eight years more post-processing experience and far superior photo editing software I've come up with this version.

Ken

Post by **HansV** » 07 Nov 2020, 19:10

The moon has become a lot more detailed in those eight years!

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 07 Nov 2020, 19:33

HansV wrote: ↑
07 Nov 2020, 19:10
The moon has become a lot more detailed in those eight years!

It's because of the meteorite impacts...

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 07 Nov 2020, 20:07

Another, "Well done, Ken!"

So, the moon must be made of cheese as it seems to have aged so well.

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 08 Nov 2020, 09:07

Nice Lunar image Ken. What software did you use to process it?

Did you see the full Moon last week? It was a blue one!

Regards

Graeme

stuck · Post by **stuck** » 08 Nov 2020, 10:34

Graeme wrote: ↑
08 Nov 2020, 09:07
Nice Lunar image Ken. What software did you use to process it?
...

The image was captured using a Canon 400D, Tamron 55-200 zoom at 200mm, ISO 400, 1/125sec at f5.6. In DSLR terms it was a dinosaur even back in 2012 when I took this shot.

The version in my original post was processed using Canon's DPP (v3) software, it was all I had at the time.

This new version was processed using DxO Photolab 3, employing their PRIME noise reduction, lens corrections, contrast, clarity, etc. and a bit of unsharp mask for good measure. The TIF that produced was then passed to Photoshop CS2 (yes, an ancient version but it didn't cost me anything) where I applied a little bit more sharpening using PS's 'smart sharpen' feature.

I have the trial version of DxO PL4 that has even better noise reduction in the form of 'DeepPRIME'. If, like yesterday, it stays foggy all day, I might re-process this image again using this new noise reduction algorithm to see if I can see a difference.

I did see last week's full moon but there was some cloud so I didn't photograph it. However, having poked at this image again, which came from a lowly Canon 400D, I think the next time there is a full moon and clear skies I will try again with my Canon 90D.

Ken

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