Good moon shots this weekend

[08whitex]

Off-roader,

Very cool shot. To bad your neighbors had their porch lights on.

 

[Wander]

Overcast here-wash out.

 

[FJR Colorado]

Not great; very overcast here...

 

[tdesanto]

The view on a mostly clear night in east Plano.

Unfortunately, I had to wait a little until the moon rose just a bit higher above the horizon.



Nikon D300
AF-S 600mm VR + 1.7 teleconverter (effective focal length=1530mm)
ISO: 800
1/1250 at F/8

 

[tdesanto]

This was good technical learning experience for me but I as far as just shooting the moon by itself a full moon is like shooting the moon surface at high Noon. You lose the surface shadows and contrast.

I think in the future for full moons I would concentrate on either images like Mike's with it rising behind a cool foreground scene or like Joe said to turn around and just use the moon light to capture long exposure night shots of the landscape.

To really capture the contrasting details of the craters a half moon with the light shining across the surface like Joe did is more appealing to me.

Well said, Brad. Those shots of the really low moon are sweet.

 

[08whitex]

I spent about 2 hours waiting for the moon to come out from behind the clouds tonight.

It never happened. There is always next time. Whats 18 years. LOL

 

[Paladin]

I found the whole thing to be predictably disappointing. This was way overhyped. Technically, the moon was only about 5% bigger than it's own AVERAGE size (distance), and 11% bigger than it's minimum size. Those numbers got all twisted around in the media. 11% became 14% somehow, and 11% bigger than it's minima became "14% bigger than any time in the past 18 years." Somehow 30% brighter (a dubious claim by itself) became 30 times brighter as reported by one local radio station.

If you were clouded out, just wait. Next month it will be only 1% smaller than it was last night.

 

[TJDIV]

I found the whole thing to be predictably disappointing. This was way overhyped. Technically, the moon was only about 5% bigger than it's own AVERAGE size (distance), and 11% bigger than it's minimum size. Those numbers got all twisted around in the media. 11% became 14% somehow, and 11% bigger than it's minima became "14% bigger than any time in the past 18 years." Somehow 30% brighter (a dubious claim by itself) became 30 times brighter as reported by one local radio station.

If you were clouded out, just wait. Next month it will be only 1% smaller than it was last night.

I agree.

Honestly, wondering how many more chopped moon pics are online now because people will believe the "SUPER" Moon was really 'that' big....

But, I do like the shots here and the info! Thanks for sharing.

 

[ywen]

yeah this super moon was weak at best.

 

[photoman]

I would agree that the size was nothing special but there was no doubt it was brighter. I was sleeping in the car outside of Glenwood NM and the moon was so bright it made it hard to sleep.

It would have been perfect for the shots I was hoping to get until I was told not to be in the canyon at night due to a high population of mountain lion, bobcat, and foxes recently found to have rabies. :Wow1:

Might shoot an area outside of Silver City NM tonight or tomorrow night and then heading to White Sands NM. Moon is still suppose to be 90% full which should be plenty to light the dunes. :sombrero:

 

[ywen]

with that much moon light, might as well shoot it during day light... or am I missing something?

 

[Photomike]

I have to agree that I did not notice any difference in the size, but it did make me get out there to take some pictures. Same as other times, shoot when the moon is close to the horizon and it looks bigger. Longer lenses or crop the picture to get the moon bigger.

 

[Photomike]

with that much moon light, might as well shoot it during day light... or am I missing something?

Blacker background at night, more contrast.

 

[ywen]

Blacker background at night, more contrast.

ah yes!

I was only thinking of long exposure at night.. with that much moon, it basically brightens up the entire sky.

 

[photoman]

ah yes!

I was only thinking of long exposure at night.. with that much moon, it basically brightens up the entire sky.

Yes it brightens up the entire sky as well as the landscape itself but does so with a softer light. White Sands on a clear day is impossible to shoot except for the early morning hour and last light of the day.

The moon this bright will open up several hours of shooting time and still offer enough light for contrast and details in the sand.