I Can't Believe It Took Me Two Weeks...

[paulnj]

obviously never seen my "full moon" .....

[Speed]

Oh my God I LOVE LOVE LOVE the full moon shot! This is almost as good looking as Brad Pitts full moon! lol Awesome!

I'm glad to see someone so excited over one of my photo's! I've got a bunch (over 100) photo's of the moon that I've taken through my Celeston. This was my first time shooting the full moon, and I am pleased that it came out as well as it did. Now if I can just get some cresent moon shots that are worthwhile, I'll be doing something.

You've seen my photo, and you know I can't compete with Brad Pitt. :-O
I wasn't aware that there were shots of his "full moon", but then, that has absolutely NO appeal to me. :-P

[walterick]

Speed you've raised the bar my friend! I love your second shot, wow very artistic! You're coming right along artisically here mi amigo! If you ever make it to a gathering, I want a print of that one! ;)

Rick

[Speed]

Speed you've raised the bar my friend! I love your second shot, wow very artistic! You're coming right along artisically here mi amigo! If you ever make it to a gathering, I want a print of that one! ;)

Rick

Send me an address, and I'll mail you a print!

RobertLMcCabe@hotmail.com

WHEN I make one of the gatherings, I'll bring you a framed 8X10.

:-)

[I_Fly]

Two very nice shots Speed. The second one is awesome, great job for a "grab shot".

Troy

To shoot this roll of film! Geez, either I'm slowing down, or I've been too busy, or maybe (most likely) I've got a touch of what Seb had. The last wedding I shot took a bit out of me.

At any rate, I tried something new on this roll. I've never taken a shot of the full moon before. The best times to shoot the moon are near first quarter and last quarter. You get the most shadows and the most detail that way. But looking at my moon shots, I realized I had never tried shooting the full moon. So I did. I bracketted more than usual for this one - five frames instead of three.

The second shot is a grab shot. I got up one morning and let the dogs out. The moon and clouds looked rather picturesque, so I grabbed the N80 and shot a frame. Minutes later the clouds covered the moon (and the whole sky), and the moment was gone. Looking at the photo, I wish I had bracketted the shot to capture the moon better.

Full moon shot taken with Celestron C-8, N80 at prime focus, Superia Xtra 400, 1/500th second. Cropped slightly to get it under 640 pixels.

Clouds and moon shot taken with N80, Quantaray 70-300mm, Superia Xtra 400. Reduced to 640 pixels.

[Speed]

Two very nice shots Speed. The second one is awesome, great job for a "grab shot".

Troy

Are a constant source of encouragement!

Thank you for you comments!

BTW, I love the F-16 shot!!! I'm forwarding that one to my son. He's also into jets, and wants to be an Air Force pilot. Go figure...

:-O