For you photographers

Andy · January 29, 2010, 01:49:48 PM

or star gazers...

Tonight is the night to check out the Moon and Mars. Both will be pretty bright in the sky, Mars being just to the left (iirc) to the Moon.

Great opportunity to get those detailed shots of the Moons surface with a telephoto.
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Gator · January 29, 2010, 02:20:25 PM

mars magnified is pretty unimpressive its just a red blob we borrowed a telescope for a bit and it was awesome in the truest sense of the word seeing saturn and its rings and moons with your own eyes is quite emotional

Andy · January 29, 2010, 02:37:13 PM

Cannot agree more! Have a telescope here and put it on Saturn once and it's really impressive seeing with your own eyes rather than in a book (the other way up!)

art b · January 29, 2010, 06:02:51 PM

there is an ace full moon out there tonite....

art b · January 30, 2010, 07:16:58 AM

Quoting: Andy

Great opportunity to get those detailed shots of the Moons surface with a telephoto.

Andy · January 30, 2010, 09:31:10 AM

Too bloody cold to put the SLR up outside, plus it was bloody snowing here!

My friend put up what she got on facebook. Moon looked ace, but even with her 500mm you can only just make out Mars as a white dot, no more than about 5px wide lol

If its clear tonight, i shall be putting on the winter gear and giving it a blast.

FUBAR · January 30, 2010, 09:33:26 AM

Quoting: Gator

seeing saturn and its rings and moons with your own eyes is quite emotional

Never done that, would love too tho.

Andy · January 30, 2010, 04:55:41 PM

Brrr... its cold out!

FUBAR · January 30, 2010, 10:20:29 PM

The moon Shrunk & moved down a bit...

Cunning Plan · January 31, 2010, 04:56:17 AM

Great pictures Andy

What settings did you use?

HardRockCamaro · January 31, 2010, 04:57:15 AM

I only have a 200mm lens for my SLR< but I took this one with the eqvialent of a 500mm lens on my dads 10 or 12 megapixel Olympus compact a couple of years ago (cropped obviously):

Cunning Plan · January 31, 2010, 06:43:40 AM

SH1T dude!! That is impressive!!

Again, what settings did you use?

HardRockCamaro · January 31, 2010, 06:52:14 AM

Manual,
1/60th
f/5.6

I suspect I used spot metering...

In hindsight I should have closed the lens down to f8 to get more sharpness and lengthened the shutter speed to compensate...

The moon is bright so the shutter speed is pretty fast so no need to worry about the moon moving in the frame due to the earths rotation (more of a problem at longer than 30s exposures).

Cunning Plan · January 31, 2010, 07:00:05 AM

Can you send me the whole picture? Might use that as my wallpaper for a bit if you don't mind

craig *DOT* cunningplan *AT* gmail.com

HardRockCamaro · February 01, 2010, 05:50:19 PM

Sorry, that's the only version I have and it's all that's left after I cropped it down...

You could grab that pic and place it on a plain black background to give you the size image you need...

Incursus · February 02, 2010, 02:45:21 AM

Awesome pic

Roadkill · February 02, 2010, 03:27:42 AM

That picture is fierce !!

(am actively supplementing the word "awesome" with "fierce" as awesome is over-used)

Cunning Plan · February 02, 2010, 03:29:26 AM

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

Sorry, that's the only version I have and it's all that's left after I cropped it down...

Okay, cheers anyway

Incursus · February 02, 2010, 03:42:00 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

(am actively supplementing the word "awesome" with "fierce" as awesome is over-used)

Ooo you rebel

Roadkill · February 02, 2010, 03:44:27 AM

Quoting: Incursus

Ooo you rebel

I prefer the term "Trailblazer"

Incursus · February 02, 2010, 03:46:43 AM

Quoting: Incursus

Quoting: Roadkill
(am actively supplementing the word "awesome" with "fierce" as awesome is over-used)

Ooo you rebe

Actually I like the term 'That's Savage' some of my Irish friends are fond of