Random Moon Shots
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Some sweet shots here! Very nice! Here are a few of mine.
Moon rise over the Columbia River Gorge -- this is one that I actually planned out ahead of time, left work a little early, sped up there, and hand-held the shot at 210mm... which means I didn't plan as well as I should have. But it turned out well.
This one is of the latest eclipse we had. I've shot two eclipses now, and they are extremely difficult to shoot correctly without post processing to blend images. I always found that I either got just a red moon with a different looking shadow, or nothing but the shadow with blown highlights. So I tried this technique this time around. I only wish I had the D200 with interval timing when I shot this.
This one is with the 80-400mm VR, on a tripod, and exposed for the earth shine, this is not an eclipse, Venus is in the background.
A night shot, also from my back yard, probably a 30 second exposure:
This is one of the first test shots I did of the D200 last month, I used the 80-400mm VR on a tripod and other than it being a 100% crop, it is directly from the camera with no other processing of any kind applied.
Moon rise over the Columbia River Gorge -- this is one that I actually planned out ahead of time, left work a little early, sped up there, and hand-held the shot at 210mm... which means I didn't plan as well as I should have. But it turned out well.
This one is of the latest eclipse we had. I've shot two eclipses now, and they are extremely difficult to shoot correctly without post processing to blend images. I always found that I either got just a red moon with a different looking shadow, or nothing but the shadow with blown highlights. So I tried this technique this time around. I only wish I had the D200 with interval timing when I shot this.
This one is with the 80-400mm VR, on a tripod, and exposed for the earth shine, this is not an eclipse, Venus is in the background.
A night shot, also from my back yard, probably a 30 second exposure:
This is one of the first test shots I did of the D200 last month, I used the 80-400mm VR on a tripod and other than it being a 100% crop, it is directly from the camera with no other processing of any kind applied.
sinuhexavier
Explorer
RBBailey said:Some sweet shots here! Very nice! Here are a few of mine.
Moon rise over the Columbia River Gorge -- this is one that I actually planned out ahead of time, left work a little early, sped up there, and hand-held the shot at 210mm... which means I didn't plan as well as I should have. But it turned out well.
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Now, I'm no astronomer. But like a blizzard in Georgia something isn't right with that photo.
Crown point to Beacon rock is practically a bearing of N.E., it's actually about 50 degrees. Like I said, I'm no astronomer, but Crown Point being North of longitude 45 that moon sure is rising a few degrees North than usual. That would mean that from my house in Hood River I could watch the moon rise over White Salmon essentially.
Or did you shoot the moon as a separate element and drop it into the image?
Shot was taken on 11/15/05, at 16:33 in the evening.
This tiny map shows the line of sight from my position, past Crown Point to a spot just barely south of Beacon Rock, the TOPO map program shows this heading as being approx 62 degrees TN.
This is a plot of the moon path that evening. Note the rising azimuth is at 57 degrees, this would put it just north of my approximated view heading, and as the moon rises it moves up and slightly south -- putting it closer and closer to my view heading of 62 degrees as lined up between Crown Point and Beacon Rock. I waited till the moon was just high enough to be above some of the refraction in the atmosphere, but still nice and big and tinted with the haze of the setting sunlight.
Naaaaa! I didn't do any fooling around with this image. I have done star trail images by overlaying multiple exposures, but not this time. In fact, I've often thought of doing an HDR type blend to bring out the foreground details a bit, but I decided to keep it pure. The only thing I did to that photo was to play with the kelvin and boost the colors a bit, then I applied some unsharp mask.
This tiny map shows the line of sight from my position, past Crown Point to a spot just barely south of Beacon Rock, the TOPO map program shows this heading as being approx 62 degrees TN.
This is a plot of the moon path that evening. Note the rising azimuth is at 57 degrees, this would put it just north of my approximated view heading, and as the moon rises it moves up and slightly south -- putting it closer and closer to my view heading of 62 degrees as lined up between Crown Point and Beacon Rock. I waited till the moon was just high enough to be above some of the refraction in the atmosphere, but still nice and big and tinted with the haze of the setting sunlight.
Naaaaa! I didn't do any fooling around with this image. I have done star trail images by overlaying multiple exposures, but not this time. In fact, I've often thought of doing an HDR type blend to bring out the foreground details a bit, but I decided to keep it pure. The only thing I did to that photo was to play with the kelvin and boost the colors a bit, then I applied some unsharp mask.
sinuhexavier
Explorer
Interesting...
This is the moons path for 2005, I pulled it off this
from a silly little school of physics and astronomy. Now the interesting part about that chart is that the Moon's path nearly mimics that of the Sun, although in November it is actually lower in the sky than the Sun.
But then to quite the contrary and backing up your data is this.
In my research I found that the moon does not follow an equatoral orbit, but rather an ecliptic which actually makes it rise in the N.E. at times.
So, I apologize for falsely accusing you of flagrant photo shop work. It is just one of my huge pet peeves when people try to pass their PS shot as an in-camera shot. And at first glance it made no sense to my feeble mind that moon could rise at that heading.
Hijack over... Back to moon shots...
This is the moons path for 2005, I pulled it off this
But then to quite the contrary and backing up your data is this.
In my research I found that the moon does not follow an equatoral orbit, but rather an ecliptic which actually makes it rise in the N.E. at times.
So, I apologize for falsely accusing you of flagrant photo shop work. It is just one of my huge pet peeves when people try to pass their PS shot as an in-camera shot. And at first glance it made no sense to my feeble mind that moon could rise at that heading.
Hijack over... Back to moon shots...
Rob O
Adventurer
RBBailey said:This one is of the latest eclipse we had. I've shot two eclipses now, and they are extremely difficult to shoot correctly without post processing to blend images. I always found that I either got just a red moon with a different looking shadow, or nothing but the shadow with blown highlights. So I tried this technique this time around. I only wish I had the D200 with interval timing when I shot this.
Good stuff.
FWIW, the following series were shot and required little processing (certainly no double-exposure or merging work); pretty much straight-from-the-camera save for minor tweaks during RAW conversion. The first image is obviously a composite, in which I overlaid all the individual shots. Otherwise ... these are "as taken".
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And here are a couple of the individuals ...
Rob O
Adventurer
sinuhexavier said:So, I apologize for falsely accusing you of flagrant photo shop work. It is just one of my huge pet peeves when people try to pass their PS shot as an in-camera shot. And at first glance it made no sense to my feeble mind that moon could rise at that heading.
Hijack over... Back to moon shots...
Don't let your head explode over this one then ...
Obviously done in exaggeration for fun.
Original image (post processed, but with moon as it actually was)
sinuhexavier
Explorer
I dream of having an Airstream like that...
sinuhexavier said:So, I apologize for falsely accusing you of flagrant photo shop work. It is just one of my huge pet peeves when people try to pass their PS shot as an in-camera shot. And at first glance it made no sense to my feeble mind that moon could rise at that heading.
Hijack over... Back to moon shots...
Not at all! I consider it a compliment that people do a double take on that shot -- no pun intended.
The difference between the plot you show and the one I show is that the one you show is the path around the earth on that particular date -- as viewed from space. The one I show is the path of the moon as it moves through the sky as seen from a certain spot on the globe, the compass points are actual points as if you were facing that direction at that point in the night with the horizon line across the bottom. I love this stuff!
Anyway, that is one of my best shots (out of some 45,000 with the D70).
The shot of the Airstream is sweet. Even without the fake moon. And the one of the eclipse... is that taken from a single position? It looks like you not only did an overlay, but also created the perfect arch -- right? Mine is an overlay of the different shots taken about 5 minutes apart, but if you look closely, you can see the foreground in the shot. I think I will try it like you did next time I get a chance, the exposure on the moon is much better.
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Colorado Ron
Explorer
Heres one taken by my brother on our recent trip to Baja. It was really cool I thought. The moon looked like it was on fire!
sinuhexavier
Explorer
Ron that wouldn't be just North of Guerro Negro would it?
I have a very similar shot from there, but it's on film and I don't know where it is atthis moment for a quick scan.
I have a very similar shot from there, but it's on film and I don't know where it is atthis moment for a quick scan.
Colorado Ron
Explorer
Its about 5 min north of San Felipe.
