Super Moon: September normally being the rainiest month of the year, we have been cloudy and overcast at nighttime. So I started looking at 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, and all you could...

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

September normally being the rainiest month of the year, we have been cloudy and overcast at nighttime. So I started looking at 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 1:30, and all you could see was a highlighted area behind the clouds. Finally it happened, the sky was clear and the moon was very visible around 4:50AM. So I grabbed my camera already set-up for the moon shot and this was my final shot of the eighteen shots I took (it took a while for my sleepy eyes to wake up). I took this shot with my Tamron 150-600mm lens, @ 400mm with stacked 1.4X and 2.0X Kenko Teleplus Pro 300 DGX extenders, f5.6, 1/800sec., ISO 2500, spot metering, minimal post processing and cropping. Gary

Super Moon

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Nice Gary. You are a pretty diehard Moony.:) I watched for a while too. But holes in the clouds started showing up and I got a few good ones.:) Now go to bed!:):)
Erv

gwong1 wrote:

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gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Erv, Thanks. I did get some sleep, in between looks. I have been wanting to get better moon shots, and finally got there. I have been following brucew29, who has helped me with set-up and some equipment usage. How is the weather in Ohio? It has been hot and dry here, only started raining around the Super Moon, which is unusual for us, normally rains daily in September. Gary

Erv wrote:

Nice Gary. You are a pretty diehard Moony.:) I watched for a while too. But holes in the clouds started showing up and I got a few good ones.:) Now go to bed!:):)
Erv

bigtex2000 Loc: Arlington, TX

Excellent capture gwong1....really enjoy the detail and contrast within this photo.

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Thank you. Gary

bigtex2000 wrote:

Excellent capture gwong1....really enjoy the detail and contrast within this photo.

jojo Smith Loc: Northern Michigan

gwong1 wrote:

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wonderful shot,

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Thank you. Gary

jojo Smith wrote:

wonderful shot,

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Hi Gary. I taught Bruce everything he knows.:):):) Now wait for the reply!:):) I have been hooked on the Moon every sense I went digital. The weather has been very hot and VERY wet this summer. But my grass and flowers have loved it.:) It even followed me to Michigan last week for vacation.:) Bruce has me stacking TC's now. But the 2TC I just got had something wrong with it so I had to send it back.:( I was hoping to use it this week on the Moon with my 1.4 and the 1.7 hooked to the 80-400. They are both Nikon TC's and will not stack. But with the Kenko 2X, I can put one on the bottom and one on the top.:):)
Erv

gwong1 wrote:

Erv, Thanks. I did get some sleep, in between looks. I have been wanting to get better moon shots, and finally got there. I have been following brucew29, who has helped me with set-up and some equipment usage. How is the weather in Ohio? It has been hot and dry here, only started raining around the Super Moon, which is unusual for us, normally rains daily in September. Gary

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Erv, Thanks for the info. I had both Canon Extenders (iii's), but due to design they would not stack, so I sold them and bought the Kenko's (the Canon extenders would not attach to my Tamron 150-600 wither due to the Canon design). :thumbdown: I second guessed myself about selling them, but the results of the moon shot does not have me second guessing anymore. I was actually able to pocket some cash, which I will turn into additional camera equipment, I have a lightning trigger/motion detector on order. :thumbup: Gary

Erv wrote:

Hi Gary. I taught Bruce everything he knows.:):):)... (show quote)

Flipper2012 Loc: Alberta, Canada

snowing here in Alberta Canada Never seen the moon Nice photo

gwong1 wrote:

Erv, Thanks. I did get some sleep, in between looks. I have been wanting to get better moon shots, and finally got there. I have been following brucew29, who has helped me with set-up and some equipment usage. How is the weather in Ohio? It has been hot and dry here, only started raining around the Super Moon, which is unusual for us, normally rains daily in September. Gary

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Flipper, We are fortunate to see it most of the time. Gary

Flipper2012 wrote:

snowing here in Alberta Canada Never seen the moon Nice photo

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

It's always interesting to see how the moon looks from different latitudes and/or longitudes. Yous is rotated almost exactly 90° CW from mine. I don't have any extenders, though...probably why I don't get any detail when full, only partials.

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Planepics, I did not realize there was that much difference. You made me do a search and this is what I found. Gary
Using the free program Stellarium, I show how the moon looks from Las Vegas at 12:20AM (the moon has just risen). I then show the moon (at the same time) for other points down through Mexico, across the equator, and down into South America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWPPxNjbYps

planepics wrote:

It's always interesting to see how the moon looks from different latitudes and/or longitudes. Yous is rotated almost exactly 90° CW from mine. I don't have any extenders, though...probably why I don't get any detail when full, only partials.

planepics Loc: St. Louis burbs, but originally Chicago burbs

That was a cool video! :)

gwong1 Loc: Tampa, FL

Sorry, I forgot to remove the "s" from the link. Gary

planepics wrote:

That was a cool video! :)