wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Remember that you have at least one proper filter for the one camera. Ordering another filter at this time for another camera will be iffy at this time. Be sure to at least use the one you have if the other does not get there in time.

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

Good to know! It will be fun just to be there. I’m sure many will post on UHH soon after.

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

I guess that’s true, but for novices like me, it is fun trying to get the shot and improve those basic focusing skills.

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

Yup. But I needed to order from them last week at latest. Leave for Cortez Tuesday. It’s all ok. Did practice shots. Sensor is fine. Thx.

Canisdirus

If you don't know how to instill your artistic skills into shooting the moon...then it won't seem to be a worthy subject to you.

But it can be for those with an artistic bent.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I also have seen moon after moon with no “artistic” effect. They also don’t seem like a worthy subject to me - same as a solar eclipse.

Canisdirus

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Some can get more from their efforts than others.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

The moon and sun by themselves don't have much artistic value. It's more a challenge for you to try to capture the most detail or in the case of eclipses, the event. Something we don't see every day, tends to garner lots of attention. I consider the moon as one of the most challenging objects to get clear in focus detail. Annular and total solar eclipses are not just about a picture of the event, but also the experience, kinda like The Grand Canyon.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

I photograph people who are experiencing the experience; NASA could have taken some of the photos we’ll be seeing in a few days {even here - not in the gallery where they belong}

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

Stunning~ Inspirational! I'm too focused on the technical...want to be more creative! Thanks!

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

I do not always photograph the moon with artistic intentions. I often photograph the moon in order to be able to see and ponder that which can be difficult to see and ponder. There are also other things that I photograph because they are difficult to see...too small, too dark, too inaccessible...you get the idea. Many times, no one else ever sees these photographs. If they do, I do not care what they might think about them. I'd never share them here. Only with my PWC (People Who Care) circle.

One of the unfortunate things that has happened as a result of the internet and forums and social media sites is that we share too much stuff with too many people who really don't matter. Then when they happen not to like something, we get all bent out of shape over it.

If I show Taylor or Stephanie or Shelby or James or Linda a nice picture of the moon, it might not trigger against their deepest interests. But their response will never be, "That is the dumbest, most unartistic waste of time and energy I have ever seen." Instead, their response will be something more like, "Wow! Have you thought about what you could do with that? What if..."

One of my biggest complaints about this forum is the huge excess of pragmatism that tries to permeate it. I can't figure out for sure whether this pragmatism is real or fake. But either way, it is the antithesis of artistic endeavor. So I am also suspicious of whether comments around the relative "artisticness" of things is real or fake.

I believe that photographs of the moon and sun are as valid as any other photographs, even if they are 'only' snapshots or "fancy snapshots."

Machinedoc Loc: Yorktown Heights, NY

OldCADuser Loc: Irvine, CA

I'm planning on using a couple of ND 100000 filters, a 55mm and 67mm, on my two set-ups for this Saturday's annular eclipse. And yes, since these are actual 'Neutral Density' filters, so the resulting image of the Sun will be white.

For a much more in-depth discussion of this and other issues related to photographing the up-coming eclipses (the one next week and the total eclipse in April 2024), I've got another thread that you might be interested in:

https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-785225-1.html

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

Thanks very much! This forum has such helpful members.

dbfalconer Loc: Salida CO

To all the folks who chimed in with advice and encouragement for my solar eclipse shoot---I just wanted to post a couple of quick screenshots from our morning Oct 14 at Bisti Wilderness south of Farmington, NM. My friend Chuck Winter coached me through the process of shooting the annular solar eclipse and I'm very happy with my results. We enjoyed our road trip, which included a great tour at Mesa Verde and a visit to the "Aztec Ruins." Thanks for all the help! Now I'm eager for the April 8,2024 full eclipse!

I used my Sony a6000, Tamron 150-500mm, and ND100,000 (16.5).

Some of the sequence Annular solar eclipse

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Full eclipse Bisti NM 10:34am Oct 14, 2023

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