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Get Out Your Cameras and Telephoto Lenses
From Space Weather.com:
"BIG FULL MOON: This Friday's full Moon is the biggest full Moon of the year. It is a "perigee Moon," as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2008."
So get out your camera, your telephoto lens, your tripod, and find a scenic setting.
The full moon is this Friday, the 12th. Since the moon is actually at "full" at 11:37 am on the 12th, you can shoot it on the 11th as well since it will be practically as full then as it will be on the 12th.
As a bonus, the sun just let loose a a coronal mass ejection or "CME", so for those in the northern lattitudes, you could get arouras as well on the 11th and 12th. The solar wind blows at about 1,000,000 miles per hour, so it takes about four days to get to us.
For those curious about how to shoot the moon, use manual mode and the sunny f 16 rule as a starting point.
For instance, ISO 100 and f 16, use 125th of a second. Or f 11 at 250th of a second. Or f 8 at 500th of a second. And to be on the safe side, brackett. I usually shoot f8 and vary my exposures between 250th and 500th of a second.
Good shooting and I want to see some of those photo's.
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I hope it is clear in the Seattle area?
Jimmy B
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Doesn't look like it, Jimmy...darn-it!
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Weather look decent for my area...I'll be outside.
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I'll be out if my sky is clear or partly cloudy I'll have a shot.
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Thanks Speed for the heads up. I will keep an eye out but they are calling for cloudy day tomorrow afternoon and evening, we will see.
James
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It was beautiful on the way to work this morning. No camera though. :(
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Already the 11th,here in Jakarta and cloudy...will try early morning....:cryin:
woohoo PhotoRookie -makes me want to howl.
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It looks great tonight
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Originally Posted by PhotoRookie
It looks great tonight
Great shot!
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Already the 11th,here in Jakarta and cloudy
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Originally Posted by susaan
Already the 11th,here in Jakarta and cloudy...will try early morning....:cryin:
woohoo PhotoRookie -makes me want to howl.
Hopefully, you'll have clear skies tonight!
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I hope it is clear in the Seattle area?
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Originally Posted by Jimmy B
I hope it is clear in the Seattle area?
Jimmy B
I'm hoping for clear weather here to buddy!
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Doesn't look like it, Jimmy
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Originally Posted by Frog
Doesn't look like it, Jimmy...darn-it!
I have a solid overcast and rain here in NC.
But it is suppose to clear up this evening...
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Weather look decent for my area...I'll be outside
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Originally Posted by Axle
Weather look decent for my area...I'll be outside.
Good man! Hope you get some great shots.
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I'll be out if my sky is clear or partly cloudy
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Originally Posted by retroactiv
I'll be out if my sky is clear or partly cloudy I'll have a shot.
Ditto's here. I'm hoping the clouds and rain will clear out as predicted.
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Thanks Speed for the heads up.
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Originally Posted by JamesV
Thanks Speed for the heads up. I will keep an eye out but they are calling for cloudy day tomorrow afternoon and evening, we will see.
James
No problem James. I try to let my friends on PR know when something special is going on, be it conjunctions, eclipses, or really big full moons.
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It was beautiful on the way to work this morning.
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It was beautiful on the way to work this morning. No camera though. :(
I try to carry my camera with me most of the time. I've caught some nice shots that way.
So carry your camera with you tomorrow. :-D
BTW, I've got my tripod in my car today, just in case I get a shot...
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Well,it cleared some,but no lines-have got some before-and now I'm itching from some ants,shooting on my back in the yard !
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Hopefully the weather will cooperate around here as well. Haven't shot the moon lately, other than when playing "Hearts" on the computer... ;)
Will try with a good 200mm tonight, with and without a cheap 1.4x TC. And, if all goes well, will shoot again with a yet to be determined new/used 400mm, with and without the TC tomorrow night if the postal service cooperates...
Looking forward to seeing everyone's shots...
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I will have to see what the over cast does to day for my area.
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Great shots, if I can see it I'll try and capture it, but here in Belgium (anytime of the year) it's hit and miss with the weather.
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Here's A Cool Link
That shows the difference in the size of the moon as it orbits the earth.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...c_fullmoon.htm
And this is a great time to do night shots by moonlight.
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thanks for the imfor will be out about tonite
Cheer,
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Clear skies for me tonight. I have a nice view out my office window.
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Sweet shot Mike.
What lens and setting?
James
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Sweet shot Mike.
What lens and setting?
James
Thanks James,
This was shot with the Sigma 170-500mm with a Quantaray 2x TC. Settings were ISO 250, f/16 & 1/15 sec.
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So that would put you around a 1000mm lens? Sweet.
Make me almost ashamed to post this small 300mm with a 2x TC ISO 100 f/5.6 1/125 sec.
The first image was right off the card
The Second one was fixed to my best abilities.
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So that would put you around a 1000mm lens? Sweet.
Yup, but I really loose a lot of image quality with my cheap TC. If you figure in the crop factor, I have the field of view equal to 1600mm on a 35mm film camera.
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Here is one that I took last night from the front porch. I only resized it.
Settings are as followed.
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/320
390mm using my 100-400 lens
James
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Nice shots here, well done. S
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Clear skies for me tonight. I have a nice view out my office window.
Great shot Michael!
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Originally Posted by susaan
Well,it cleared some,but no lines-have got some before-and now I'm itching from some ants,shooting on my back in the yard !
Well, you got a nice shot!
Was it worth it, putting up with the ants?
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Originally Posted by JamesV
Here is one that I took last night from the front porch. I only resized it.
Settings are as followed.
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/320
390mm using my 100-400 lens
James
Nice shot James!
Thanks for sharing your shooting data.
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I Got Skunked Thursday Night
Solid overcast and heavy rain!
I will try tonight.
Thanks to all those that posted shots, and for sharing your shooting info for others.
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OK, I tried but this is the best I could do, a day late too. Used a 1.7x converter with a 70-200mm f2.8 both Nikon on a D300, using tripod and remote, 2 sec delay. f8 at 1/320s, ISO - LO.3.
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OK, I tried but this is the best I could do
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Originally Posted by shootme
OK, I tried but this is the best I could do, a day late too. Used a 1.7x converter with a 70-200mm f2.8 both Nikon on a D300, using tripod and remote, 2 sec delay. f8 at 1/320s, ISO - LO.3.
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It looks good to me buddy!
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Man, it wasn't looking good at all @ 5pm with a thick layer of cotton candy clouds, but the wind kicked up and cleared it out :)
Tamron 100-300 in macro mode (300mm) f/16 1/90 on the modo tripod w/ 2sec delay white-balance Daytime.
Cropped to 600x800, Unsharp Mask 1.5r / 56str. / 2clp.
http://jet-visa.com/gallery/albums/u...cMoon05_sm.jpg
Thanks for the heads-up on a starting point for the settings Speed, this one is a touch dark but the 1/125 was right on the numbers :thumbsup:
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I have some wicked bad clouds here, but I did get a couple of decent shots. Once I get the kids to bed then I'll load Adobe Photoshop and then load them up here.
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These shots are beautiful!
:cryin: I need a better lens
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Here is my crack at it.
Taken with my 80-200 all at f/2.8, hand held (I was being lazy)
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