Karl Witt wrote:
did you cheat a little with some added equipment
Ohhh, I would gladly shoot the moon if someone loaned me their 800 and D1
No cheating here, I didn't use any equipment from my observatory….
Just a little astro processing magic …though not much!
Anyone out there want to loan Karl a 800 and a D1 I want to see a photo with this set-up
Now with cool weather setting in Karl, it wont be long before I start imaging in the observatory, I dusted off the spider webs a few weeks back. This week I tested out the equipment and all is okay. Now I just have to wait for the big moon to disappear.
Dale Martin wrote:
Here is my rendition of the full beaver moon.
regards,
Dale
For a second, I was wondering if this was a NSFW thread.
Here's my attempt with a cheap $150 500/6.3 reflex. Not quite up to the pro quality you guys posted, but not bad for such a cheap lens and someone who had only been shooting for a month.
Haven't given it a shot in a year now. My skills are better, both with the camera and in post, so I should have better luck next time. If this cloudy WA sky ever clears that is.
I don't use this lens much, and I'm sure you can see why. It's impossible to shoot it hand held. I have gotten some very sharp images from it, but they are few and far in between. Next stop is a 400/5.6 + 1.4TC for such shenanigans.
Tim, I keep coming back to your photograph. I can't believe you handheld the 500 and captured as sharp an image! I really like the background.
Arron nice shot with a $150 lens! Imaging at that distance seeing becomes a great factor in the sharpness of and image. As I was imaging the moon last night I could see the focus changing through the view finder. When it was sharp I clicked
Herb, great detail but it might be a bit over processed...but you could say with mine is as well
Hai, that Sigma looks pretty sharp. Is that the 5.6 prime?
Dale Martin wrote:
Arron nice shot with a $150 lens! Imaging at that distance seeing becomes a great factor in the sharpness of and image. As I was imaging the moon last night I could see the focus changing through the view finder. When it was sharp I clicked
Regards,
Dale
Thank you. I had to focus using Live View. DOF on my reflex is pretty thin. It's almost impossible for me to focus through the viewfinder. Part of the reason I'm considering a Katzeye focusing screen.
I really like to MF sometimes, but it's just too damn hard without a proper focusing screen. Having to use Live View is a real pain sometimes too.
Hey Bruce, could you post a 100% crop towards the bottom of the moon. I'm interested in seeing how that combination looks. I know it won't be tack sharp, but I'm curious. And what TC's did you use?
bruceali wrote:
From last week ay Mono Lake,
100-400 plus 1.4 and 2.0 TCs stacked up on 7D
nice shot, was that real or did you paste them together ?
I ask because both the plane and the moon seem to be sharp, at that distance though they might both fall under infinity focus
Hai
Tim, I keep coming back to your photograph. I can't believe you handheld the 500 and captured as sharp an image! I really like the background.
Arron nice shot with a $150 lens! Imaging at that distance seeing becomes a great factor in the sharpness of and image. As I was imaging the moon last night I could see the focus changing through the view finder. When it was sharp I clicked
Herb, great detail but it might be a bit over processed...but you could say with mine is as well
Hai nice pleasing image to look at.
Regards,
Dale
Thanks Dale,
I like your shot too (sharp image) even though my color-blindness doesn't allow me to make a judgment on the coloration that you must have applied in post
I would greatly like to see some 800mm lenses with D1's!
