The Moon
12-23-2008, 11:19 PM
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Hi guys
I thought I'd share a photo of the Moon that I took recently with my Canon 400d DSLR. The Moon was at it's closest to the Earth a week and a half ago, making it 14% larger than it has been for 15 years
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I hope you like it, thanks for looking.
Adam
I thought I'd share a photo of the Moon that I took recently with my Canon 400d DSLR. The Moon was at it's closest to the Earth a week and a half ago, making it 14% larger than it has been for 15 years
.I hope you like it, thanks for looking.
Adam
12-24-2008, 01:36 AM
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Nice! 
What kind of lens were you using and what f-stop and shutter duration?
Did you get any shots of Jupiter and Venus in the sky earlier this month? I was on my back from Vegas and I was driving when I saw them, but when I finally had the opportunity to shoot at a rest stop, the moon and planets disappeared into the horizon.
What kind of lens were you using and what f-stop and shutter duration?Did you get any shots of Jupiter and Venus in the sky earlier this month? I was on my back from Vegas and I was driving when I saw them, but when I finally had the opportunity to shoot at a rest stop, the moon and planets disappeared into the horizon.
12-24-2008, 09:30 AM
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Hey guys......star_man just mooned us!! 
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Woah, Adam, that's just amazing. The clarity is incredible. It almost looks...transparent? Thanks for sharing! -Calvin
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12-24-2008, 02:00 PM
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A great pic star_man, I mean super.
You should have traveled a lot and got more pics of the moon from different angles as where it was.
But I guess you get them from your friends around the globe.
You don't have a avatar yet for this Forum?
This is my planet...
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You should have traveled a lot and got more pics of the moon from different angles as where it was.
But I guess you get them from your friends around the globe.
You don't have a avatar yet for this Forum?
This is my planet...
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12-24-2008, 03:34 PM
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Cheers guys. Not sure what your post means Ricracing, cannot really make sense of it sorry.
It is a composite image, the Moon layered on top of a star field. It's just a random star field, around a galaxy called NGC 891 that I had from another image I took, nothing of note like Jupiter etc.
Here is my original Moon image, stars were composited onto it at a later date.
The images (stars and Moon) were both taken with an ordinary budget DSLR - a Canon 400d. I used a 1000mm prime focus 'lens' lol - here's a quick pic
As for the Moon and Venus/Jupiter occulation earlier in the month. Well I was working at the time - but managed to nip in and out and got a few shots at a 200mm lens on a static tripod:
I was happy enough to get anything at all given the conditions!
First pic shows Jupiter and Moon
Second shows Venus emerging from behing the Moon
Thanks again for looking.
Adam
It is a composite image, the Moon layered on top of a star field. It's just a random star field, around a galaxy called NGC 891 that I had from another image I took, nothing of note like Jupiter etc.
Here is my original Moon image, stars were composited onto it at a later date.
The images (stars and Moon) were both taken with an ordinary budget DSLR - a Canon 400d. I used a 1000mm prime focus 'lens' lol - here's a quick pic
As for the Moon and Venus/Jupiter occulation earlier in the month. Well I was working at the time - but managed to nip in and out and got a few shots at a 200mm lens on a static tripod:
I was happy enough to get anything at all given the conditions!
First pic shows Jupiter and Moon
Second shows Venus emerging from behing the Moon
Thanks again for looking.
Adam
12-24-2008, 04:39 PM
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