The moon & Jupiter

jgoetz4

Good Evening Folks,
I was testing my Bigma and Sigma APO EX DG 1.4x tc last night in the upper atmosphere :wink Here's a couple of shots from the late night shoot. Both pics were taken at 700mm. I sold this lens last year, and missed it ever since :cry I was on that 'other forum' last month and saw a Sigma 50-500mm lens for sale. After looking at the sellers name, I realized that was the person who bought my Bigma To make a long story short, I bought the lens back, and she included the 1.4x tc. This is a love - hate relationship. I love the IQ, but hate the weight of the beast. It's not something you want to hang around your neck all day unless you play pro football :rofl
Thanks for looking :thumb
Have a good evening
Jim...

jgoetz4

Jupiter...

DaddyO

Jim, your effort on Earths moon is definitely nice and sharp. Nice work there
for certain. Jupiter and its moons is also a really nice try. Not an easy target.
But you did well on the chore.

jgoetz4

DaddyO wrote:

Jim, your effort on Earths moon is definitely nice and sharp. Nice work there
for certain. Jupiter and its moons is also a really nice try. Not an easy target.
But you did well on the chore.

Good Evening D'O & thank you for the comment
I was impressed with those pictures myself. I have a few shots with da Bigma taken at a local pond of just frogs and lily pads, and the detail is very good. I'll post some of those pics later.
Thanks again
Have a good evening
Jim...

SKnight

Very good work! The Moon is surprisingly hard to get right, and Jupiter, well I won't comment on that. (You suck!)

I came close to that shooting parfocal through my telescope with my old camera, now I'm wanting to try with the Canon.

jgoetz4

SKnight wrote:

Very good work! The Moon is surprisingly hard to get right, and Jupiter, well I won't comment on that. (You suck!)

I came close to that shooting parfocal through my telescope with my old camera, now I'm wanting to try with the Canon.

Good Morning SK and thank you
I'm looking forward to reshooting Saturn in the upcoming weeks, depending on when it's visible. I won't be up shooting at 3:00am, that's for sure
Have a good day
Jim...

Sam

I hope you don't mind.

Sam

jgoetz4

Sam wrote:

I hope you don't mind.

Sam

Morning Sam,
I don't mind at all It's basically sharpened, and that's it. I don't normally edit those kinds of pictures, but a little contrast is what it needed. Thanks for looking
Have a good day
Jim...

Dogdots

Really good photos Jim

As for the gettin' up at 3AM -- send the Bigma to me and I'll get up at 3AM to take the photo for you

jgoetz4

Dogdots wrote:

Really good photos Jim

As for the gettin' up at 3AM -- send the Bigma to me and I'll get up at 3AM to take the photo for you

Good Afternoon MK,
You know I would, but if you got a hernia from lifting it off the table, I could never forgive myself :cry
Talk to you later
Have a good afternoon
Jim...

kwcrow

Do/Have you used photo stacking software? If not, you might try that with the Jupiter pictures. I have seen good results with that. Very nice shot of the moon.

jgoetz4

kwcrow wrote:

Do/Have you used photo stacking software? If not, you might try that with the Jupiter pictures. I have seen good results with that. Very nice shot of the moon.

Good Evening and thank you
No, I have not used stacking software, but thanks for the idea
Have a good evening
Jim...