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This morning as I was closing up the telescope I looked over to the East to see if I could spot the moon just over 24 hours before New Moon, which is usually very difficult for most people as they dont have a sufficiently low horizon or clear enough air. However at Siding Spring we have both

This is a 1 sec exposure @ f/5.6 with my old manual 300mm f/4.5 IF-ED and the new D200. My old Slik tripod isnt really stable enough for long telephoto exposures so I initially tried the mirror lock feature of the D200, but that wasnt good enough, as pressing the shutter the 2nd time caused a bit much vibration. The larger screen and much greater image review magnification available with the D200 over the D70 showed there was some camera shake, so I just re-took it but waited for the auto shutter release after 30 sec for a perfect result... of course I could have used the self timer instead




Gordon

Wow.. I like this shot, so simple.

excellent shot I particularly like the layering of color and barely visible/ muted moon

Colours, tonal gradation is beautiful. I like the composition but as you have alluded to, Oh for a gitzo solid tripod to stop that foreground silhouette blur caused by the vibration that detracts from the overall image appeal. Seeing this really makes me yearn for my on order D200. A glorious image all the same
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marco

Great shot Gordon, beautiful colours.

thanks also for the explanation of how you got the photo

Cheers,

André

marcotrov wrote:...to stop that foreground silhouette blur caused by the vibration that detracts from the overall image appeal.
marco

thats actually jpeg compression artefact rather than blur- which would have also been visible on the moon if it was blur. ... just trying to save HD space which suddenly is a big problem, as is only having 1GB of RAM.
I'll be investigating more RAM and a 2nd HD for the laptop tomorrow.

Gordon

Gordon said:

thats actually jpeg compression artefact rather than blur- which would have also been visible on the moon if it was blur. ... just trying to save HD space which suddenly is a big problem, as is only having 1GB of RAM.
I'll be investigating more RAM and a 2nd HD for the laptop tomorrow.

In that case ignore what I said. I still love the image
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marco

I was trying the same thing this morning Gordon but without the excellent result that you got. A bit of cloud on the horizon and too much light pollution from the city cruelled it I think.

So when are you organising an astro-photography mini-meet????

Gordon, great stuff...

simple and effective.

so that's what it looks like in clean air.

Steve

Gordon

Like the others it's the tonal range that makes this for me. Thanks for sharing this.

stubbsy wrote:Gordon

Like the others it's the tonal range that makes this for me. Thanks for sharing this.

I agree too - very good colour spread.

Superb image. Would make good stock.

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Sheila

Lovely Gordon. A top image

Great image Gordon. I saw this moon yesterday morning whilst doing deliveries and wished i had my camera and tripod. I see this type of moon on a regular basis and have always thought it would be a good shot, your image has confirmed my thoughts. One day I might get the time, be in the right place and have my camera on hand to try and get a similar image.
The graduation of the sky tones is fantastic.
Craig

Gordon - stunning !!!!
Man, we should organise a SEQ minimeet down with you huh?
I love your photos - keep it up
Rel