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Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:09 pm**

the one in the sky you dirty minded people. :lol:

i'm loving this lens. God bless poons little red socks.

C&C welcomed. i think i like the half moon better.

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:34 pm**

Nice mate. Been ages since anyone posted moon shots (other than Dan that is). :lol:

They look nice and sharp. What PPing you do?

Well done!

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:46 pm**

Thanks for posting the images.

Both images I like, but my preference is for the first image

Mark

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:54 pm**

Raskill wrote:Nice mate. Been ages since anyone posted moon shots (other than Dan that is).

They look nice and sharp. What PPing you do?

Well done!

thanks.

i use 10-15% unsharp mask in NX. on the full moon i used 25% and i think i overdid it to be honest. i was gonna go back but i kinda liked the texture it gave. otherwise its about a 100% crop i suppose. thats pretty much it.

if you have any suggestions on what else i can do in PP for moon shots i'd appreciate it.

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:55 pm**

Fantastic images. I never realised you could get good moon shots with only 200mm. Looks like a 70-200mm is on my wish list.

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:56 pm**

its 340mm. 200 plus the 1.7x tele.

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:52 pm**

1/250s are u serious !!!
i was setting mine at 10-30s and got crap results compared to urs...
i love these pics

any hints u could share?

Posted: **Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:02 pm**

sure...

you have to shoot in manual mode.
f8-f13 depending on your lens
1/200-1/400 depending on moon phase
spot metering
sunlight WB
iso100
-0.3 or -0.7EV

i originally shot everything on a tripod but both of those shots are handheld becasue my tripod and macro lens are on loan. it doesn;t seen to make much difference at those shutter speeds when you have VR but as a rule it's easier to have it mounted.

i used to have the 70-300mmVR and was getting very good results from that aswell before i sold it so you should be able to pick up great shots with your lens aswell. i found that backing it off to 260mm or so got better results to avoid the lens' softness fully extended.

good luck.

Posted: **Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:10 pm**

These are great.
Thanks for the tips as well.
Regards Colin

Posted: **Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:54 pm**

tips are great thanks...cant wait till i get a decent night now

if i can get half as good as u have ill be happy

Posted: **Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:05 am**

Great shots, thanks for the tips, very helpful..

Posted: **Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:30 am**

Very nice, although maybe flatten the noise in the first one to make it less distracting.

Posted: **Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:10 pm**

Nice shots indeed with no. 1 being my pick.

Excellent work

Cheers

Posted: **Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:48 pm**

Grev wrote:Very nice, although maybe flatten the noise in the first one to make it less distracting.

can you explain that a bit more. what do you mean by flatten the noise and how do i do that ? sorry, my PP skills aren't all that flash.

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