Almost Harvest Moon
Oct 1, 2023 14:04:52 #
As I was nearing our house, after an almost two hour drive home from my teaching job at the university last Tuesday, I saw the near full moon rising over the hills near our house. I dropped my things in the house, put the long lens on the camera and went out and shot a few quick hand-held shots as the moon was rising above the trees in the front yard of the house across the street from us. It was a bit of a challenge hand-holding at the full reach of the Canon EF 70-300 (FF lens) on my Canon EOS 90D crop sensor DSLR. The photos looked OK on the screen on the camera, but I decided to put it on the tripod and try a few more. Here are the two best photos. As I was in a hurry and figured I'd get the full moon on Friday, I just shot in Program (auto) mode at ISO 400 and spot metering. Alas, Friday was almost full overcast, so these are what I got.
The first photo was taken at 6:54PM at 300mm, f7.1, 1/400 second; the second photo was taken at 7:08PM at 262mm at f5.6, 1/160 second. Both are heavily cropped down to 17.5% of the original for the first and 13% for the second photo. They are processed in Lightroom and both used the LR AI noise reduction. I decided to leave part of the trees in the first photo, as the moon was barely above them as it was rising.
The first photo was taken at 6:54PM at 300mm, f7.1, 1/400 second; the second photo was taken at 7:08PM at 262mm at f5.6, 1/160 second. Both are heavily cropped down to 17.5% of the original for the first and 13% for the second photo. They are processed in Lightroom and both used the LR AI noise reduction. I decided to leave part of the trees in the first photo, as the moon was barely above them as it was rising.
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bcheary wrote:
I liked No.1
I liked No.1Thanks for your comment bcheary, I'm glad you liked them.
Oct 1, 2023 18:28:23 #
srfmhg wrote:
These are fantastic Dennis!
Thank you very much Mark, I really apreciate it.
Oct 1, 2023 18:28:55 #
pixelmaven wrote:
Fine representations of the moon, Dennis. Kudos.
Thanks for the Kudos Laura!
Oct 2, 2023 09:08:32 #
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Oct 2, 2023 18:25:57 #
Excellent captures. The craters on the very edge of the moon. Very nice!
Oct 3, 2023 01:48:08 #
MT native wrote:
Excellent captures. The craters on the very edge of the moon. Very nice!
From one Dennis to another: Thanks!
Oct 3, 2023 07:55:07 #
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