Moon Closeup Originally Posted 11-04-2014 in Photo Gallery: I went through some more of my Moon shots that were not previously posted... I found some better shots so I thought that I...

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

I went through some more of my Moon shots that were not previously posted... I found some better shots so I thought that I would post a few...

EXIF: Canon 60D + Tami 150-600mm at 600mm + 1.4x and 2.0x Kenko Pro TCs; ISO 1600, 1/180th sec, f/8 (f/13 with TCs); Cropped.
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Cropped - Rotated for Better "Download View"

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Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Hi Bruce! A little better????:):) Outstandingly better.:)
Erv

brucew29 wrote:

I went through some more of my Moon shots that were not previously posted... I found some better shots so I thought that I would post a few...

EXIF: Canon 60D + Tami 150-600mm at 600mm + 1.4x and 2.0x Kenko Pro TCs; ISO 1600, 1/180th sec, f/8 (f/13 with TCs); Cropped.
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astroturf Loc: vacaville ca.

Erv wrote:

Hi Bruce! A little better????:):) Outstandingly better.:)
Erv

Erv said all. What's not to like about this moon ? very nice :thumbup:

Stargazer Loc: South of Watkins Glen, NY

Looks like I'm looking through my 8" Meade telescope.

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Stargazer wrote:

Looks like I'm looking through my 8" Meade telescope.

Thanks Stargazer...

My Tami 150-600mm + 1.4x + 2.0x Kenko Pro TCs has spoiled me... I stopped using my old Dynamax 8 SCT to photograph the Moon... My Canon 60D and my Tami setup weighs about 1/4th as much as my Dynamax 8 rig weighs...

P.S. I will still use my Dynamax when I want extreme closeup photos of the Moon...
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Old Dynamax 8 SCT Rig

New Tamron 150-600mm Moon Rig

Extreme Moon closeup taken through my Dynamax 8 - Cropped Close - Single shot - No stacking

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Tami 600mm + Kenko TCs - Cropped Close - Photoshop Elements Enhancements

Tami 600mm + Kenko TCs - Cropped Close - Photoshop Elements Enhancements Lighter Version

Straight Shooter Loc: Newfoundland, Canada

Wonderful shots! In the last two you have the crater Tycho on the left edge (the one with the "pimple" in the middle - actually several thousand feet high) and Clavius in the centre, the one with a curving string of smaller craters inside it). Exceptionally clear views of them.

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Erv wrote:

Hi Bruce! A little better????:):) Outstandingly better.:)
Erv

Thanks Erv... sometimes we work together with Mother Nature (the weather and seeing conditions) and come up with a relatively decent shot of the Moon with a camera lens... I never believed that you could get that kind of detail shot without a telescope and only using an amateur camera with an amateur behind the lens...

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Thanks astroturf for taking the time to look and comment on my photos...

astroturf wrote:

Erv said all. What's not to like about this moon ? very nice :thumbup:

Algol Loc: Georgia

brucew29 wrote:

I went through some more of my Moon shots that were not previously posted... I found some better shots so I thought that I would post a few...

EXIF: Canon 60D + Tami 150-600mm at 600mm + 1.4x and 2.0x Kenko Pro TCs; ISO 1600, 1/180th sec, f/8 (f/13 with TCs); Cropped.
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Looks pretty good, sometimes the moon can be a difficult target especially if the seeing conditions come in waves. About the only way to beat the odds are shooting high resolution through a telescope hence smaller areas. Looks like yours are pretty uniform. Did you stack these or are they single shots?

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Algol wrote:

Looks pretty good, sometimes the moon can be a difficult target especially if the seeing conditions come in waves. About the only way to beat the odds are shooting high resolution through a telescope hence smaller areas. Looks like yours are pretty uniform. Did you stack these or are they single shots?

Thanks Algol... these are all single shots... I tried stacking a few years ago but didn't have very much success... I tried the free downloaded program Registack but the results were the same as single shots and sometimes worse... I used Photoshop Elements 12 on these except for the extreme closeup when I didn't have Photoshop Elements...

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Thanks Straight Shooter for taking the time to look and comment on my photos... much appreciated...

Straight Shooter wrote:

Wonderful shots! In the last two you have the crater Tycho on the left edge (the one with the "pimple" in the middle - actually several thousand feet high) and Clavius in the centre, the one with a curving string of smaller craters inside it). Exceptionally clear views of them.