The sun, the moon and the stars

Richard Cabesa

Here ar a few pics I took this evening. It rained all weekend so there was no riding and no photos. the storm was clearing today so after work I jumped on the moto and went up the mountain searching for interesting light. Let me know what you think.

I am sure this guy is cold but it looks like fun.


There's some of that light I was looking for


The mountains climb 4000 feet in about 10 mile ride


It looks like the tree is on fire


Here's the moon and the stars I promised. (well Saturn anyway)



Thanks for listening

David

komet

Those pics are beautiful!

Richard Cabesa

Hi Komet, thanks. I see you managed to stay out of the pillow fight down the hall last night :duel

David

Richard Cabesa

Here is one more of the Moon and Saturn



David

gus

Good shots richard..as always love the burning tree & the last one

ian408

WOW! I like the moon/saturn rise. That's a beaut!

No such luck here--just rain...

cletus

Richard Cabesa wrote:

Here is one more of the Moon and Saturn



David

According to the news this morning, that's Venus next to the moon. Anyway, very nice pictures!

Richard Cabesa

cletus wrote:

According to the news this morning, that's Venus next to the moon. Anyway, very nice pictures!

Yea, could be Venus. Had this paragraph form the farmers Almanac to go on. Being just nightfall, I thought Saturn.

Venus grows higher and brighter, now remaining up for three hours after sunset. Mars steadily fades while crossing into Aries. Saturn remains glorious, standing high up at nightfall and reaching its nightly apex nearly overhead around 9:00 p.m. Jupiter rises at 7:00 p.m. at midmonth and remains prominent all night, joined loosely by the Moon on the 7th and 8th. The Moon also serves as guide and companion to Venus on the 23rd, Mars on the 25th, and Saturn on the 29th. By month's end, daylight increases by three to four minutes a day in most of the United States and four to five minutes a day in Canada. The year's most outstanding array of stars, centered in Orion, now float optimally high soon after nightfall. Moon phase times are based on Eastern Time

David

soup

2-23-2004 - 6:00pm ish

soup

same photo cropped to just the moon

canon 75-300mm f:4-5.6 - 480mm equiv - timer release - ISO 100 - F:8 - 1/80th

DoctorIt

me too, me too!!
(although mine's not what i consider great, still need a better tripod!)



One of my housemates is an astronomy major, so he alerted me to this sight last night as well.

lynnma

DoctorIt wrote:

me too, me too!!
(although mine's not what i consider great, still need a better tripod!)



One of my housemates is an astronomy major, so he alerted me to this sight last night as well.

Hey Erik great shot!!! I saw that too! did'nt get it tho, should have. Husband went racing out with tripod and camera (mine) and by the time he got all sorted out he'd missed it.. too much alchohol again....:D

soup

that photo is lacking all detail of the moon. over exposed.

it captures the objects - but not optimally.

dont trust the meter when shooting the moon. its as bright as the sun pretty much, and day time settings are optimal for capturing the details of the moons surface.

sorry...

peachmaan

Was said..... that photo is lacking all detail of the moon. over exposed
OTOH, would it show the "dark side of the moon" as good???
You can recognize it quite nicly... of course the bright side is way to bright..

But maybe doctor it was going for it.. ?? Don't know..


The first picts on this thread... Beauty.... esp. the last two ones... great color.. nice view... thanx for sharing..

I am leaving germany soon so I went on a ride around town... taking these..
(I like reflections of all sorts... )

peachmaan

And this .... I waited like 15 min. before the wind turned...

cmr164

DoctorIt wrote:

me too, me too!!
(although mine's not what i consider great, still need a better tripod!)



One of my housemates is an astronomy major, so he alerted me to this sight last night as well.

Wow! Very nicely done. I tried to reduce the blown out white without sacrificing the detail. It's just a stab and I am sure that others can do better but here it is.

DoctorIt

Well, heck, that shot got more comments and constructive critiscism than all the others I've put up in which I specifically asked for it.



The shot wasn't too carefully planned out. My housemate was setting up his telescope, and I just grabbed a shot cause he told me this (big ol bright venus right next to it) doesn't happen all the time. I knew I wasn't going to get the details of the moon, rather, i wanted the exposure to be bright enough to show those branches on the left side. Thanks guys, I definitely now realize I need to shoot the moon more like sunny object.

soup

you can get away with using the sunny 16 rule most of the time.

exposing other elements however will not work well as the moon will be blown out. two exposures, one for the moon, and one for the other elements layered might solve that issue though

i shoot the moon with ISO 100, 1/80 - 1/200, f:8 - f:16 depending on how much moon is visible - and usually bracket the exposures just in case.

iso100 - f:9 - 1/125 - handheld - cropped to about 65% of original

aero-nut

Moon through a telescope.
Nice Thread.

Here's one I took through my dad's old telescope. I took the eyepiece off and shot it with an old Olympus Digital. I don't remember what the exposure settings were.

Max Power

Here are some helpful exposure settings for your moon shots. These are for an ASA setting of of 100.

gotta

Here's another through my scope.