How tdo they do this....HUGE moon behind landmarks? This morning I have seen numerous pics in which a huge blood moon seems really close to the landmark buildings, towers, etc. How do...

Smokey66 Loc: Hanover, ON, CA

This morning I have seen numerous pics in which a huge blood moon seems really close to the landmark buildings, towers, etc. How do you set up a picture to look like this? Photoshop the landscape into the picture of the moon?

Old Grey Beard Loc: Salt Lake City, Utah

Smokey66 wrote:

This morning I have seen numerous pics in which a huge blood moon seems really close to the landmark buildings, towers, etc. How do you set up a picture to look like this? Photoshop the landscape into the picture of the moon?

You got it. Or vice versa (photoshop the moon into the landscape)

catalint Loc: oslo

You can actually achieve a bigger moon with the skyline, but the key is zoom. You must be far away with a long lens to be able to produce a picture with fairly good size of the moon. You will still face the problem with exposure in this situation, which in most cases forces blending two pictures together

This is a test i did last year. From the cabin i had clear view to the mountain slopes. The size was good, but I admit, i gave it even just a little more.

This is not a picture for my best work. This is a picture from my lesson-projects, and I pickup this copy from my Facebook.

Tjohn Loc: Inverness, FL formerly Arivaca, AZ

I don't see an example but most are shot with telephoto lenses. A telephoto lens compresses the distance between far and farther subjects. A huge moon over a cow is because both are at a distance, not because the cow is about to jump over the moon, maybe.(sorry, couldn't help myself) Look at some sports photos as well.

catalint Loc: oslo

i forgot to mentioned, the sample i attached, is taken with 400mm lens from a distance of, I believe 1,5KM. And cropped. That's how I got it bigger. Guess a longer lens would offer the little extra I've added.
Not sure myself, and to be honest this my thought on it. not an expert on this subject. Just trying and failing. :D

WB9DDF Loc: Knoxville, IL

Smokey66 wrote:

This morning I have seen numerous pics in which a huge blood moon seems really close to the landmark buildings, towers, etc. How do you set up a picture to look like this? Photoshop the landscape into the picture of the moon?

Here is a moon photo I took three years ago. I was on my way to 7:00am Mass a few blocks from the church. I noticed the moon lining up with the cross on the 150 foot steeple as I drove. As I passed the perfect spot I pulled into a parking lot, put on my 70 to 300mm lens and stepped back into the street to shoot this hand held from about a quarter mile away. If I wasn't worried about getting killed in the street or being late for Mass I would have moved around a little and got the cross centered. ;-)

The Sun was just starting to come up behind me giving a nice golden glow to the cross.

Corpus Christi Church steeple, Galesburg, IL Sept 30, 2012

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Smokey66 wrote:

Photoshop the landscape into the picture of the moon?

:thumbup:

Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

Old Grey Beard wrote:

You got it. Or vice versa (photoshop the moon into the landscape)

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Are you implying that the pictures are manipulated (Faked), and not S.O.O.C.? Whatever next...will people do?

dlmorris Loc: Loma Linda, Ca

A telephoto will give you the effect you are looking for. It is true, sometimes people will do some wild photoshopping, but for the most part, just use a good telephoto. Then it becomes a matter of composition. Here are a few samples of my own from the other night. 600mm and down...

JCam Loc: MD Eastern Shore

jerryc41 wrote:

:thumbup:

I think it is a lot easier to select the moon and move it into the second photo than trying to precisely select most of the second and put in into the moon shot.

catalint Loc: oslo

:thumbup:
Thank you for clarifying this a little more.
I knew I was not exactly off , but I am no expert and I can be wrong. I am here to learn as well , as much as I want to share and test my knowledge. :)

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Pablo8 wrote:

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Are you implying that the pictures are manipulated (Faked), and not S.O.O.C.? Whatever next...will people do?

Pablo - you cannot always believe what you see - but it is not just because it is faked in Photoshop. As we see in this topic - with the right lens and the right distance - you can create a similar effect. Both ways are false. It is not what you or I would see if we were out on a starry night moon gazing. But that seems to be acceptable to modern people living in a modern world full of falsehood - like VW? :-)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

It's an optical illusion that the moon is larger when it is near the horizon.

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHWA_enUS625US625&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=why%20is%20the%20moon%20larger%20near%20the%20horizon

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

dlmorris wrote:

A telephoto will give you the effect you are looking for. It is true, sometimes people will do some wild photoshopping, but for the most part, just use a good telephoto. Then it becomes a matter of composition. Here are a few samples of my own from the other night. 600mm and down...

Great pics - and they illustrate what can be done. Not sure why, but they seem to be not false - unlike the PS ones. A mirage is also optical - and is perfectly natural. :-)

moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

Delderby wrote:

Pablo - you cannot always believe what you see - but it is not just because it is faked in Photoshop. As we see in this topic - with the right lens and the right distance - you can create a similar effect. Both ways are false. It is not what you or I would see if we were out on a starry night moon gazing. But that seems to be acceptable to modern people living in a modern world full of falsehood - like VW? :-)

Using a long lens to compress a moonshot and make the moon appear larger is hardly the same thing as photoshopping a moon into an image where there is no moon. You would see the same proportions if you looked through binoculars or a telescope.

Sounds like someone has lens envy.

This image is 500mm, and cropped, not faked.

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