It's easy to shoot the moon...

[schrackman]

on a tripod at 300mm

Canon EOS 300D, 1/200th, f/5.6, converted to black and white in ps, auto contrast, curves, and sharpening.

Ray

[Kokopeli]

It looks like Speed has some competition!

Humor me here.. Is the 300D the same as the Digital Rebel?? I'm not too up to date on the Canon line. ;)

Anyway, awesome shot Ray. One of the best I've seen. I was considering taking one of the moon last night as well, but never got out and did it.

Thanks for posting this one!
~Brian

[schrackman]

Hi Brian,

Yes, the 300D is the Digital Rebel. I forgot to mention that this was actually a DAY shot, not a night one. I should post the original later on so everyone can see the difference.

Thanks for the comments!

Ray

It looks like Speed has some competition!

Humor me here.. Is the 300D the same as the Digital Rebel?? I'm not too up to date on the Canon line. ;)

Anyway, awesome shot Ray. One of the best I've seen. I was considering taking one of the moon last night as well, but never got out and did it.

Thanks for posting this one!
~Brian

[Kokopeli]

Really??? That's awesome. Please do post the original, I really want to see it!

~Brian

[Spike]

How interesting. Is this cropped at all? It looks great.

Spike

Hi Brian,

Yes, the 300D is the Digital Rebel. I forgot to mention that this was actually a DAY shot, not a night one. I should post the original later on so everyone can see the difference.

Thanks for the comments!

Ray

[schrackman]

How interesting. Is this cropped at all? It looks great.

Spike

Yes it is, Spike. The moon took up about 1/6 the frame but the extra pixels of the 300D enable me to crop it and still keep a good sized image.

Ray

[schrackman]

Thank you, Penny! Yes, I am getting the hang of this camera very fast and am beginning to LOVE it and the lenses. I'm about to post some pictures taken at Balboa Park today when I Claudia and I went for a walk around the lake, so you may want to check those out too.

Brian, here is the original. As you can see, not quite as dramatic as the b/w. Contrast is everything when it comes to moon shots, which is why I prefer the b/w.

Ray

[Speed]

on a tripod at 300mm

Canon EOS 300D, 1/200th, f/5.6, converted to black and white in ps, auto contrast, curves, and sharpening.

Ray

Nice conversion as well.

It is easy, isn't it?

[Speed]

Thank you, Penny! Yes, I am getting the hang of this camera very fast and am beginning to LOVE it and the lenses. I'm about to post some pictures taken at Balboa Park today when I Claudia and I went for a walk around the lake, so you may want to check those out too.

Brian, here is the original. As you can see, not quite as dramatic as the b/w. Contrast is everything when it comes to moon shots, which is why I prefer the b/w.

Ray

Wow, talk about a color cast! Again, great conversion.

What is the magnification factor on that camera? 1.3? 1.5? 1.6? It definitely helps to boost that 300mm, and it does it without any loss of light like a tele-converter. Gotta love it.

[schrackman]

Wow, talk about a color cast! Again, great conversion.

What is the magnification factor on that camera? 1.3? 1.5? 1.6? It definitely helps to boost that 300mm, and it does it without any loss of light like a tele-converter. Gotta love it.

Thanks Speed. It says in a pamphlet that came with the lens that the magnification factor is 1:2. I don't know enough about lens yet to say whether that's good, bad, or average, but I can say from using the lens it's great compared to my old 2x teleconverter.

Ray