Challenge "Moon Shot"

[Goompa]

Oops , iso was up at 800 , no I did not apply sharpen to the image that's what has me confused , I used the auto tone in elements and got to the best , well what I thought viewable image .

I may have to go as manual a possible to get any descent image out of this camera , still trying .....

edit , not using LR for editing

Cheers

Edited May 12, 2015 by Goompa

[Tywais]

Oops , iso was up at 800 , no I did not apply sharpen to the image that's what has me confused , I used the auto tone in elements and got to the best , well what I thought viewable image .

I may have to go as manual a possible to get any descent image out of this camera , still trying .....

And the sensor size is 1/2.3 in. which is 6.17mm wide compared to a m4/3 or APS-C at 17.3mm and 22.2mm respectively so very important to keep the ISO at minimum as the sensor pixel size is small. The moon, even at half should still give you a pretty fast shutter speed at lowest ISO. Also, aperture range through zoom appears to be f/2.8 to f/6.5 which is pretty fast for a zoom that long. If not using a tripod, place the side of the camera against a post or on top of a ledge to help stabilize it.

[Chonburiram]

Moon over Puu Kradueng, Canon Ixus, first generation, some 15 years ago...

[mrhitchens]

This image taken today with a Nikon P900 and a CP , I still am having a lot of noise issues with this camera / lens . Shame it only processes JPEG images .

You could do some post processing and remove the noise, a plugin to remove the noise and then a mask to correct detail etc

[Goompa]

Thanks heaps for the info , just I cannot get my head around the system I have now

I would like to start using LR so that everything would be flowing a lot easier , seems I have so much to learn ,

and with the added stress of trying to find a planet in the Solar System that apparently is 11deg above the horizon ( South ) ?

I thought about Topaz de-noise , but I mainly shoot RAW and adapt to the editing in PS Editor , so another format would send me even more nutbag !

The P900 only shoots Jpeg , so I have to get around that one without losing too much data from transferring images

Many thanks for going to the trouble of trying to sort out that image , and you did a splendid job as well

Tomorrow I am going on a photo shoot at a car show , already got most of the gear in the bag , just wish I had of purchased that 17-40 L f4

Still onward and upward .....

Cheers

[Goompa]

Yes , it is in the South ... well South east to be a little more precise and at an elevation of around 20deg. Darn just got it starting to happen and the Batt mot laew !

I never learned so much about the cosmos before the last 2 days , still I am going to give this my best shot !

I need to figure out a remote release or a timer to get a stable image , the sky is clear for the next few days , been toying with exposure as well.

This camera does not like to be forced into anything too much on manual settings either , so I have to use user settings , it just will not max zoom on manual !

Saturn : First image at optical zoom , 2nd with digital zoom , ok not great but give an old bugger a bit of time , I only just learned today that the moon is over Jupiter

1 second @ 6.5 and 1600 iso

[Goshawk]

^ Saturn - notoriously difficult with a bridge cam . . . i've tried many times.

It is possible though to get reasonable images (disk & rings) but you need multiple stacked images at the right exposure for best results.

not my images . . . but this is the best kind of shot likely from any bridge cam:

i might try again now that the planet is at opposition.

[bundycat]

just basic BC -point and shoot Lumix -8 yr old camera mmm ..

Edited May 26, 2015 by bundycat

[samuijimmy]

Over a period of about 30 mins, this afternoon.... I was surprised how much it moved up... or earth moved down!

[Gsxrnz]

Since it was Wisakha Bucha Day yesterday, I thought I'd take a moon shot. Not the greatest as I only took a minute to set it up in my front yard and the mossies were having a go at me big time. I used too high an ISO so might try again with 100 another evening.

Canon 6D

Tamron 150-600mm @ 600mm

1/250

f6.3

ISO400

UV Filter

PP with ACDsee Pro 8, converted to B/W

Edited June 2, 2015 by Gsxrnz

[Goshawk]

is your Moon half empty, or half full ?

[coulson]

is your Moon half empty, or half full ?

Incredible. Would love to see the exif data

[Goshawk]

is your Moon half empty, or half full ?

Incredible. Would love to see the exif data

can't remember to be honest . . . i take so many of these shots, i usually discard them after i'm done with them, but it was most likely about 1/160s - f6.5 - iso 80. Almost certainly shot at dusk, not in the night - don't let the blackness fool ya. (always better in my experience)

[Goshawk]

Here is a new challenge for the moon shot. Capturing the green flash at Moonrise

now that is a real challenge!

[tormok]

Don't forget to check out the smiling moon tomorrow night.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5806180010066

[coulson]

Don't forget to check out the smiling moon tomorrow night.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5806180010066

Unfortunately I think it was setting from Thailand the same time as the sun, I managed to catch a glimspe but the smile wasn't so evident prominent from where I am.........more like an angry drunken grimace...

[Ace of Pop]

What about one with a Cow jumping over. [emoji560]

[Guest]

Moon and Ban Ban Rong mosque at Phuket, Thailand by Pekka Oilinki, on Flickr

Close up shot of the moon

20150630-IMG_8940.jpg by Pekka Oilinki, on Flickr

[Assurancetourix]

Two days ago in the evening and without a foot ( crazy Assurancetourix )

f/4.0 - 1/160* s - ISO 160 - focal length 1248 mm - 2015:07:01 19:43:29

The day after in the morning , I was on my MTB, no foot ...again

f/2.8 - 1/125* s - ISO 250 - focal length 1248 mm - 2015:07:02 05:09:45

I forgot the name of the camera : Bridge Lumix FZ 200

Edited July 3, 2015 by Assurancetourix

[bundycat]

sideways smiley moon

[samuijimmy]

Hand held....

[bundycat]

mars is supposed to be seen tonight.. I can't see it ..

[bundycat]

big moon tonight you lot get on it... I am looking forward to some awesome stuff.. I will try with my basics mm never know...what come out !!

[sunshine51]

^^^ Looks like a high yeild nuke just detonated....

[bundycat]

well ,,there is a moon in there.. I have no idea how i did this...so it won't happen again! .. waiting for the real thing ..mm..

[sunshine51]

^^^ BC...I think it's a neat photo in a...well...there goes the countryside

kinda way! Do you remember your shutterspeed?

Edited August 30, 2015 by sunshine51

[Goompa]

oops

Edited August 30, 2015 by Goompa

[bundycat]

shutter speed ??? who knows ... I only have auto stuff.. I think there is a choice of 400 or 800 ? I just point and click and see what happens...

[sunshine51]

^^^ BC...there's always next time!

[bundycat]

ok can you pick what is NQR here..?