"Moon Time"

kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
edited December 15, 2008 in Other Cool Shots
This thread about last night's super-sized moon intrigued me enough to get out and take a shot at it. Conditions were hazy, but the capture came out better than I expected.

Canon 40D, 400 F5.6 lens, 2-TC1.4X extenders (784mm total). 100% crop.
IMG_3379.jpg

Anybody else get any shots of last night's moon?

Cheers,
-joel
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2008
    Great shot Joel. Will the phenomenon still exist tonight?
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 13, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    Great shot Joel. Will the phenomenon still exist tonight?
    Yeah, apparently so. According to the article, the moon is the closest it's been to earth in 15 years. Although tonight's moon might be a day off of being full. Not clear if it will be noticeable. I'd like to get some more shots myself over the next week or so of the various phases. But we're in for a spate of really bad weather for the next week. :cry

    Thanks, Dan.
    -joel
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  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2008
    Wow! Joel, great shot, guess I will be trying stacking 2x and 1.4x tonight.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 13, 2008
    Allen wrote:
    Wow! Joel, great shot, guess I will be trying stacking 2x and 1.4x tonight.
    That ought to be something. bowdown.gif Can't wait to see what you get.

    Thanks, Allen.
    -joel
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited December 13, 2008
    kdog wrote:
    That ought to be something. bowdown.gif Can't wait to see what you get.

    Thanks, Allen.
    -joel
    If I don't get frost bitten first.:D Worst bad weather movin' in. Below freezing and
    very windy last night and barely made it.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    kdog wrote:
    This thread about last night's super-sized moon intrigued me enough to get out and take a shot at it. Conditions were hazy, but the capture came out better than I expected.

    Canon 40D, 400 F5.6 lens, 2-TC1.4X extenders (784mm total). 100% crop.


    Anybody else get any shots of last night's moon?

    Cheers,
    -joel

    Wow that is one heck of a big Moon you've captured there Joel.
    Picked up heaps of detail, gosh its sharp clap.gif
    Bet your real pleased with this, man I'd be rapt to the eyeballs if I got a shot of the moon like that :ivar Well Done!

    .... Skippy :D
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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    Whoa. That's a big, sharp moon. Cool.
    More Photography . . . Less Photoshop [. . . except when I do it]
    Jeff Meyers
  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    bowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif
    Aaron Nelson
  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    excellent
    Anybody can do it.
  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    Howdy Joel,

    WOWSER, I have to say that is one of the nicest, clearest Moon shots I've seen.

    Very nicely done.
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • WildWallyWildWally Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    Very nice !!!!clap.gif
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited December 14, 2008
    Outstanding to say the least! bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gif
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  • CasonCason Registered Users Posts: 414 Major grins
    edited December 15, 2008
    Very nice shot. This moon was very bright. I was in the woods backpacking/camping and I did not even need a flashlight.
    Cason

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    5D MkII | 30D | 50mm f1.8 II | 85mm f1.8 | 24-70mm f2.8    L | 70-200mm f2.8L IS II | Manfrotto 3021BPRO with 322RC2
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited December 15, 2008
    Thanks Skippy, Jeff, Aaron, Walter, Panther, Wally, Jack and RTP. I really appreciate all of the nice compliments. :D

    Cheers,
    -joel
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
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