Blue Moon Flight

CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
edited January 2, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
My first blue moon photo and the last blue moon of the uh-oh decade.
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Cuong
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited December 31, 2009
    Nice! All we got is clouds :cry
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  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2009
    I had to wait an hour for the moon to rise above the denser low cloud to grab this shot.

    Cuong
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Wowzer! Is this a composite with the plane? This is really neat!
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Very cool shot thumb.gif
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 1, 2010
    That's a killer shot. Tell me that plane is a composition. headscratch.gif

    We have clouds that look just like that tonight. Maybe I should get off my lazy butt and take a picture. rolleyes1.gif
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  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Thank you everyone. Believe me, my PP skills are not good enough to pull off a convincing composite with the plane. Here's the un-cropped and un-embelished image (converted from raw to jpg in LR).
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    The longest lens I have is the 300mm. Using it with the 1.4x extender on a cropped body gives me some decent reach but still not enough without cropping for better impact.

    Happy New Year!

    Cuong
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,955 moderator
    edited January 1, 2010
    Great shot Cuong. Happy new year to you too. clap.gif
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  • TangoJulietTangoJuliet Registered Users Posts: 269 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Very nice Cuong. I had crystal clear skies here last night, but I was too lazy to set up the tripod on the balcony. Even though my Canon D350 is short on megaPixels, I love my crop sensor. Time to get the D7!
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  • RoadkillRoadkill Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Wow really cool shot...clap.gif
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Cuong wrote:
    Thank you everyone. Believe me, my PP skills are not good enough to pull off a convincing composite with the plane. Here's the un-cropped and un-embelished image (converted from raw to jpg in LR).


    The longest lens I have is the 300mm. Using it with the 1.4x extender on a cropped body gives me some decent reach but still not enough without cropping for better impact.

    Happy New Year!

    Cuong

    Wow - the original is just as good knowing it is real!!! Amazing and should be in a magazine somewhere!!!
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 1, 2010
    Eia wrote:
    Wow - the original is just as good knowing it is real!!! Amazing and should be in a magazine somewhere!!!
    nod.gif A real once-in-a-lifetime capture.
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  • eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Nice shot!! thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • Shades of HyperionShades of Hyperion Registered Users Posts: 367 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2010
    Very cool shot
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  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2010
    kdog wrote:
    nod.gif A real once-in-a-lifetime capture.
    My shot was actually inspired by a post I saw on dgrin (can't seem to find it now) that showed an airplane silhouetted against a full moon. I know it'd be a challenging effort since I don't have control of the approaching planes and the moon is not a stationary subject. All I wanted to do was to catch the blue moon and I was lucky to get that plane as a bonus.

    Cuong
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  • tisuntisun Registered Users Posts: 435 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2010
    Very cool shot!
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2010
    Way cool Cuong
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited January 2, 2010
    Excellent!clap.gifclapclap.gif
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