Supermoon 19th March

the moon was bloody bright lastnight, kept me awake, if only i had a decent lens to get pics
 
Y does this have to happen when i sold my lens last week and still not replaced it, now were can i get one from????
 
Paul6657 said:
Y does this have to happen when i sold my lens last week and still not replaced it, now were can i get one from????
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Honestly, without doing some accurate measuring you'll not see any difference between the Moon tonight and next month. There is only a 0.6% difference in the distance. Here's a similaution showing the size difference:

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i heard about this and may pop out later for a few shots but interested to see the post about full moon being flatter due to the angle of the light and that explains the partial moon shots ive seen looking more dramatic than ive taken as ive always tried on full moons, i will have to look up more often.

thanks for the tip :)
 
hollis_f said:
Honestly, without doing some accurate measuring you'll not see any difference between the Moon tonight and next month. There is only a 0.6% difference in the distance. Here's a similaution showing the size difference:

I've read that, but on the NASA site it says 14% :thinking:
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Darthchaffinch said:
Just in case it hasn't been mentioned- the best time for the largest moon is moonrise (18:16 here in Kent), and luckily I'm on the coast! :)
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Actually the moon doesn't change size between rising and sitting somewhere higher up in the sky, it's just that when it is low on the horizon and can be compared with earthbound objects, it just appears a lot bigger. It's a well known optical illusion.
 
Scarecrow said:
Actually the moon doesn't change size between rising and sitting somewhere higher up in the sky, it's just that when it is low on the horizon and can be compared with earthbound objects, it just appears a lot bigger. It's a well known optical illusion.
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I thought it was light bending as it passed through the atmosphere that gives this effect nearer the horizon? Like a lens bending light.

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I've read that, but on the NASA site it says 14% :thinking:
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I'm guessing that is the difference between apogee and perigee, between the furthest and closest. The difference between the 'Supermoon' tonight and the Notsosupermoon next month is negligible.
 
MatW said:
I thought it was light bending as it passed through the atmosphere that gives this effect nearer the horizon? Like a lens bending light.
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Nope. A well known illusion. You can prove this for yourself. Take an image at Moonrise and another near midnight, when the Moon is at its highest. Then look at both images sie-by-side and observe that the Moon looks the same size in both of them.

If it were due to atmospheric refraction then it would only happen in the vertical direction, not the horizontal, and the Moon would be rugby-ball shaped.
 
Cool. Thanks for clearing that up!

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whiteflyer said:
So this happens every 18 years or so and the moon is over 4 billion years old.

I don't find something that has happened 20,000,000 times before that significance, nor do I worry about the effects on the planet it will have :lol:
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Actually, it's happened a lot more than that. The Moon is slowly moving away from the Earth. So in the past it was closer. The Moon gets, on average, 3.8 cm further away every year. Currently the Moon's maximum distance from us is 406655 km. At 3.8 cm per year we can calculate that 1.3 billion years ago the Moon was never any further away then the 356577 km that's got people excited today.
 
what setting will everyone be using tonight ?????
iso,shutter speed etc
iv got a 75-300 if that makes any difference.
 
powell7 said:
what setting will everyone be using tonight ?????
iso,shutter speed etc
iv got a 75-300 if that makes any difference.
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Well, I shan't be shooting the Moon tonight because, as I've explained previously, this is the worst time for the next week to take pics of it.

If I were to decide to take pics with a 75-300 then I'd probably choose manual exposure, f8, ISO400 and a shutter speed of 1/200. If that's too bright I'd drop the shutter speed. Indeed, because exposure of something that small on the LCD is not easy to judge, I'd probably take a range with different shutter speeds from obviously too bright to obviously too dark.

You want a decent tripod and, preferably, a remote shutter release.
 
hollis_f said:
Well, I shan't be shooting the Moon tonight because, as I've explained previously, this is the worst time for the next week to take pics of it.

If I were to decide to take pics with a 75-300 then I'd probably choose manual exposure, f8, ISO400 and a shutter speed of 1/200. If that's too bright I'd drop the shutter speed. Indeed, because exposure of something that small on the LCD is not easy to judge, I'd probably take a range with different shutter speeds from obviously too bright to obviously too dark.

You want a decent tripod and, preferably, a remote shutter release.
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from experience I'd use iso 200, the moon's pretty darn bright.
 
i was out last night (the joys of working nightshift) and got a couple of shots about 2am ...will be trying again tonight ..imho you want to be trying to get pics of the moon just before it dissapears below the horizon at sunrise tomorrow morning

if it was anything like last night it was very large and very orange about 05.15 just before it dipped out of sight ...unfortunatly i was on a breakdown so i didnt manage to get any shots at that point :(


happy shooting
 
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I must admit I usually take my moonshots hand held with auto focus.
This one was with a Sigma 120-400mm at 1/500sec f8 iso 200. With the moon being so bright I have even gone up to 1/800sec. Just try different settings to see which works best.
 
Well I'm tonight shooting a rally, may as well point the camera upwards whilst waiting for the action!
 
Hi there,
I was googling to try and find a good vantage point in London to attempt my first photos of the moon and came across this forum as a result. It seems a great place to learn.

I'm a novice with a D90, and wondered is it worth even bothering to try and get any photos with the kit lens (18-105) or is that going to be a waste of time?
I'm saving up for glass, and really wish I could affored a decent telephoto lens.
I was thinking Westminster Bridge or somewhere along the Thames, nr Battersea Park?

Thanks for any pointers (point and laugh if you want to, I can take it):thumbs:
 
Overcast here now following a promising day - and I missed the sunset as well... :'(

Al
 
Hi Lee, and welcome to TP.

105mm is a bit short for the Moon, but you might be able to get some good shots of landscapes with the moon present. It's a bit late for tonight, but tomorrow night, about 20:00, if you shoot from the north end of London Bridge, you may be able to get the Full Moon rising between the towers of Tower Bridge.
 
WOW!! just drove off to get petrol and the moon was very low in the sky, about 4 times it's normal size and orange. It's shrinking now it's getting higher
 
Here's my effort from last night. Bigma + Kenko 2x TC = 1000mm, tripod mounted with remote release, not too sharp but I quite like it and it's my 1st go at space stuff. Also, blimey the moon don't half shift when your'e trying to get a shot @ 1000mm, I can see why the Astronomer types have the tracking telescopes.....


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Overcast here in South Wales as well. Got the tripod set up ready in the garden, got the D3S set up with my 70-200mm and a +2 converter but it looks like it's not going to happen. Ah well never mind how long did you say it would be until the next one.:nuts::thinking::shrug::bonk:
 
Overcast here in Nottingham too. Seems to be taking an age for the moon to get up to a decent height here.

Not sure I will get anything decent but will definately give it a try thats for sure!
 
Handheld with a 100-400 and 2x convertor manually focussed, held over the neighbours fence.
As soon as it clears the fence I'll get the tripod out

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Don't know about over your neighbours fence. It's got to get over a bloody big mountain at the back of the house before i'll see it, probably around 10:30ish :thinking::thinking::thinking:
 
Wanted a first try but moon covered by an orange haze :(
 
Oh we can see the moon now lovely warm golden glow in fact you can see the colours in it but to late to get my creative shot of the silhouette of a mosque dome and Crescent moon finial, just cant get the angle for it now :( just fed up of seeing just moon shots with no creativity at all
 
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Still no sign of the moon here yet, although there is a glow showing around the top of the mountain.
 
Just Dave said:
Be great if you can get it balance on the top of the mountain :thumbs:
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Don't think that would be possible. My garage and the houses at the back of me which are a lot higher than me would be in the way, plus I will have to wait a bit longer as there are cables stretching across my view as well.

I reckon if all you lot in the East blow towards the West, I might get it a bit quicker.:lol::lol::lol:
 
Just Dave said:
just fed up of seeing just moon shots with no creativity at all
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Grayo said:
Don't think that would be possible. My garage and the houses at the back of me which are a lot higher than me would be in the way, plus I will have to wait a bit longer as there are cables stretching across my view as well.
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Shame, Im just fed up of seeing just moon shots with no creativity at all, just hope someone does something decent with it instead of all these well just boring moon shots with nothing else in shot,
 
Just Dave said:
Shame, Im just fed up of seeing just moon shots with no creativity at all, just hope someone does something decent with it instead of all these well just boring moon shots with nothing else in shot,
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I might be able to photoshop a cow jumping over it if that would help. :lol::lol::bonk:
 
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