Full moon tomorrow, clear sky tonight

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Just waiting for the bus and noticed the moon looking pretty full.

It's actually full moon tomorrow but it's clear skies tonight. I'm gonna give a moon shot a go tonight in case it's cloudy tomorrow.

Just in case anyone else is interested.
 
yeah been reading a bit more about taking pics of the moon today in digital photo might give it a go if the clouds arent about here tomorrow
 
I was thinking along similar lines:

MoonSet2.jpg


Half-five ish this morning.
This is from two exposures, one for the moon and one for the bridge. Identical position but I was never going to get both right in one. Either a lit bridge and blown moon or a good moon and near pitch-black bridge. Circle Select, copy+paste over blown moon, around 12 pixels increase in moon size to cover the excess glare from the blown moon.
 
Full moon is not the best time for shooting the Moon itself as there are no shadows to make detail stand out.
 
One from tonight..






and this one from 16/12/2010







It certainly seems more defined before it becomes full
Tom
 
Taking a picture of the full moon is like taking a portrait shot using on camera flash. The lighting is very direct and doesn't bring out the best in the subject.

Compare the two images posted above by RRtom, specifically the area around Copernicus (the bright white area just to the left of centre in the top shot.) In the lower image you get a sense of depth for the crater, as well as seeing more craters in that area. The additional craters don't really stand out in the top image, due to teh flat lighting.
 
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thanks for heads up about tonight being clear and all...

here is my attempt, out of focus :(

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1680mm (if you can trust the 300mm written on the lens)
ISO 200
1/200 sec
f/11 maybe (lens wide on f4, canon 1.4x, kenko 2x on an olympus e-p1)

manual focus using an lcd screen in a bummer.

cropped :-
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Nice shots Kiko, what was the lens out of interest?

Does anyone know what kind of shutter speeds you can get away with before the motion of the moon has a big impact?
 
john.e said:
Does anyone know what kind of shutter speeds you can get away with before the motion of the moon has a big impact?
Click to expand...

The Moon is about 0.5 degrees wide and moves roughly 360º in 24 hours* - so that's about 0.25º per minute or half a Moon per minute. If you want it to move just 1% of it's diameter then you'll need an exposure of 1/50 of a minute - or about 1s.

But most Moon exposures are going to be much faster than that - so it's a problem that doesn't really come into play.


*Yes, I'm ignoring the actual motion of the Moon as it'll only change things by about 10% and it makes the maths much easier to understand.
 
I stepped outside last night and couldn't believe how bright it was. I grabbed my newly bought 10-22mm and popped onto the tripod and took this shot.

I was quite impressed with what I got, considering the inner city location and the basic point'n'shoot setup.

I could see this becoming addictive, with the right location and kit!!

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I gave it a crack tonight, but full moons tend to look a bit poo and the atmosphere seems a little moist to me. Also I think a better shot should be possible when the moon is more directly overhead as there is a shorter path through earth's atmosphere when it's above. I may try again later. Here's my effort so far tonight....

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Has anyone ever used a circular polariser on a moon shot?

Would it make any difference?...Just thinking out loud ;-)
 
I doubt it wold make any difference with a full moon. For maximum polariser effect the sun should be coming into the scene at 90 degrees to the camera, not directly behind it. It's an interesting idea for another time.
 
How on earth do you get one of those dreamy pictures.........you know the ones with beautiful scenery and a fabulous moon.
It's hard. Been out tonight and pictures are a mess to be blunt. Either the moon is over ex and small and the foreground ok or the ground / sea is over and the moon is a total........well Sun for want of a better word. So need help/advice

Mick
 
Here is my effort, actually my first real go at taking a picture of the moon, i think i would use F8 or F11 next time, i forgot the change that setting but happy with it as my first moon shot
moon7.jpg

Focal length 200mm
f.5.6
ISO 100
Exposure time 1/800
cropped and sharpened
 
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