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The Moon rarely seen

Postby Gordon on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:00 pm

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 ;)


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Postby Trieu on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:04 pm

Wow.. I like this shot, so simple. :)
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Postby LostDingo on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:04 pm

excellent shot :!: I particularly like the layering of color and barely visible/ muted moon
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Postby marcotrov on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:10 pm

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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Postby radar on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:10 pm

Great shot Gordon, beautiful colours.

thanks also for the explanation of how you got the photo :D :D

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Postby Gordon on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:15 pm

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

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Postby marcotrov on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:41 pm

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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Postby SteveGriffin on Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:53 pm

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????
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Postby Big V on Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:08 pm

Gordon, great stuff...
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Postby avkomp on Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:30 pm

simple and effective.

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

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Postby stubbsy on Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:47 am

Gordon

Like the others it's the tonal range that makes this for me. Thanks for sharing this.
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Postby Willy wombat on Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:17 am

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.
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Postby Sheila Smart on Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:49 am

Superb image. Would make good stock.

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Postby Oneputt on Fri Apr 28, 2006 12:22 pm

Lovely Gordon. A top image :D
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Postby CraigVTR on Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:27 pm

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.
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Postby blacknstormy on Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:00 pm

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