Super Moon April 2021
Apr 9, 2021 22:05:13 #
On April 26th there will be a supermoon that will rise right around "blue hour". I have a shot planned that I hope works out. I've been using Photopills to plan it and have been to the location to scout out where I will set up.
It will be a telephoto shot of a volcanic rock formation from about 5.5 miles away. I plan to shoot with my 300mm Prime. I'll either use my 5D4 with a 1.4 extender or possibly my 7D2 (crop) without an extender.
Anyone else planning to shoot the Supermoon this month?
It will be a telephoto shot of a volcanic rock formation from about 5.5 miles away. I plan to shoot with my 300mm Prime. I'll either use my 5D4 with a 1.4 extender or possibly my 7D2 (crop) without an extender.
Anyone else planning to shoot the Supermoon this month?
Apr 9, 2021 23:18:28 #
Thanks for sharing this. I hope I can catch it even around here. Here’s a screenshot for Pasadena from The Photographer’s Ephemeris 3D that shows it rising while the sky is still light. It seems the moon will be pretty high once it gets dark.
This 3D feature is why I chose the TPE suite of three apps for my iPhone. Does Photopills have this also?
This 3D feature is why I chose the TPE suite of three apps for my iPhone. Does Photopills have this also?
Apr 10, 2021 00:00:46 #
Basil wrote:
On April 26th there will be a supermoon that will ... (show quote)
Perhaps or not.
But please post the results.
Apr 10, 2021 00:14:02 #
Craigdca wrote:
Thanks for sharing this. I hope I can catch it even around here. Here’s a screenshot for Pasadena from The Photographer’s Ephemeris 3D that shows it rising while the sky is still light. It seems the moon will be pretty high once it gets dark.
This 3D feature is why I chose the TPE suite of three apps for my iPhone. Does Photopills have this also?
This 3D feature is why I chose the TPE suite of three apps for my iPhone. Does Photopills have this also?
Photopills has something similar called Augmented Reality and Night AR in which you can superimpose the night sky against an actual location where you may be standing. I suspect it is very similar.
Apr 10, 2021 02:54:06 #
Basil wrote:
On April 26th there will be a supermoon that will ... (show quote)
No plan. Supermoons look exactly like regular moons, but 5% to 10% bigger depending on your frame of reference.
If your planned shot is blocked by the weather you can always try again next month. Same moon, same rocks.
Apr 10, 2021 05:56:06 #
Basil wrote:
On April 26th there will be a supermoon that will ... (show quote)
Regarding your final question as to whether anyone else is going to shoot the moon, now that you have been kind enough to alert me, I am planning to shoot it. Thanks for the post. BTW what is the 'blue hour?'
Apr 10, 2021 06:02:24 #
User ID wrote:
No plan. Supermoons look exactly like regular moons, but 5% to 10% bigger depending on your frame of reference.
If your planned shot is blocked by the weather you can always try again next month. Same moon, same rocks.
If your planned shot is blocked by the weather you can always try again next month. Same moon, same rocks.
Not the exact same location though.
Apr 10, 2021 06:14:43 #
I drive for an hour to the west with my 1000mm Nikkor Reflex set up on a Tiltall tripod to shoot it with my D750 in a nature preserve where, if I'm lucky, migrating Canada geese will be flying in to some ponds they like to spend the night in (though often, no geese show up, and if they do, they often do not oblige by flying across the moon). If it clouds up, (as it often does in western NY!), then I've had a nice drive in the country. I've driven many miles, for precious few of those shots of the geese crossing the moon, but the ones I've gotten make the ventures worth it. Consolation prizes are the moon rising above picturesque farms or pioneer graveyards.
Apr 10, 2021 07:48:22 #
I don't bother with the 'supermoons'.
If astronomers didn't announce it... no one would even notice.
If astronomers didn't announce it... no one would even notice.
Apr 10, 2021 08:07:52 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Basil wrote:
On April 26th there will be a supermoon that will ... (show quote)
I like to shoot the moon in RAW on my D850, there is an internal program where I can then place that moon into another photo on the same memory card, love the effect.
Apr 10, 2021 08:49:05 #
Apr 10, 2021 10:22:23 #
I plan on shooting it too. I will be ready to do it on April 25, one day before the official full moon date. Why, because one day before gives you almost a full moon and it rises about one hour earlier, or it rises when there is more ambient light. Where I live, it takes about one hour after moonrise for me to actually see the moon. so I take this factor into account when I plan my full moon photo shoots.
"Blue Hour" is part of the period of twilight (in the morning or evening, around the nautical stage) when the sun is below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade. It usually does not last an hour where I live, maybe only 15 minutes.
Both photo pills and the photographers ephemeris give you all of times from golden hour thru astronautical twilight.
"Blue Hour" is part of the period of twilight (in the morning or evening, around the nautical stage) when the sun is below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade. It usually does not last an hour where I live, maybe only 15 minutes.
Both photo pills and the photographers ephemeris give you all of times from golden hour thru astronautical twilight.
Apr 10, 2021 10:53:31 #
Basil wrote:
On April 26th there will be a supermoon that will ... (show quote)
I am going to try it. I have never shot the moon. I will have to get some tips and ideas on location.
Apr 10, 2021 11:05:27 #
Canisdirus wrote:
I don't bother with the 'supermoons'.
If astronomers didn't announce it... no one would even notice.
If astronomers didn't announce it... no one would even notice.
(User ID
No plan. Supermoons look exactly like regular moons, but 5% to 10% bigger depending on your frame of reference.
If your planned shot is blocked by the weather you can always try again next month. Same moon, same rocks.)
I have always found it very sad & frustrating with the negativity on this site. Just because you are not interested in shooting the supermoon, do you really have to comment to those who are interested?
Best not to say anything if you are not interested in this conversation.
Maybe you have shot the moon before, maybe not. Why do you have to post a negative comment for others who might want to shoot it.
*If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything*
Apr 10, 2021 11:08:32 #
ELNikkor: I drive for an hour....
I am curious: I tried twice during last full moon using the same 1000 lens and TC-14B on the Nikon D500. The moon fits tightly into the frame with this setup. BUT: the images were not sharp even though I used a tripod and remote control. I used speeds from a low 320 to a high 640. I wondered whether it was the wind or that I was photographing when the moon was low in the horizon and there was too much haze. could it be that the lens is not sharp?? I shouldn't use the TC-14B?
Are your image sharp?
Sarantis
I am curious: I tried twice during last full moon using the same 1000 lens and TC-14B on the Nikon D500. The moon fits tightly into the frame with this setup. BUT: the images were not sharp even though I used a tripod and remote control. I used speeds from a low 320 to a high 640. I wondered whether it was the wind or that I was photographing when the moon was low in the horizon and there was too much haze. could it be that the lens is not sharp?? I shouldn't use the TC-14B?
Are your image sharp?
Sarantis
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