Supermoon over Reading
by PeterKR
Caught a glimpse of the Supermoon last night so grabbed the K70 and fitted the Sigma 28-300.
It took a while to get the right exposure and ended up doing it fully manual (manual exposure and manual focus, and hand held).
The image was processed in On1 2024 then cropped and re-sized in PSE11.
Note that the EXIF data shows the wrong lens - it was the Sigma Aspherical IF Compact Hyperzoom 28-300 3.5 - 6.3
It took a while to get the right exposure and ended up doing it fully manual (manual exposure and manual focus, and hand held).
The image was processed in On1 2024 then cropped and re-sized in PSE11.
Note that the EXIF data shows the wrong lens - it was the Sigma Aspherical IF Compact Hyperzoom 28-300 3.5 - 6.3
Uploaded21/08/2024 - 22:45
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Posted 21/08/2024 - 22:50
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Many thanks, Spad,
Truly appreciated comments from the 'master of the night sky'
Thanks again
Peter
Truly appreciated comments from the 'master of the night sky'
Thanks again
Peter
Posted 22/08/2024 - 13:35
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Really good result...even more remarkable considering hand held.
Regards
Karlo
Regards
Karlo
Posted 22/08/2024 - 19:19
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1stEverPentax wrote:
Really good result...even more remarkable considering hand held.
Regards
Karlo
Really good result...even more remarkable considering hand held.
Regards
Karlo
You'd be suprised at how easy it actually is to photograph the moon handheld. I have done it with a 500mm lens.
Ideally you want as near to full... 85% plus... and the higher in the sky the better. Less atmosphere to shoot thru
Posted 22/08/2024 - 21:46
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Fantastic clarity.
Posted 23/08/2024 - 20:26
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Many thanks for your comments, David and Karlo.
As Spad has pointed out the brightness of the moon allows very fast shutter speeds to be used so this allows using hand held.
At the same time fairly small apertures can be used, increasing DoF and making focus that much easier.
That said, I did have to use a bit of PP to sharpen it a bit !
It's all part of the learning experience which is the joy of photography !
Best regards
Peter
As Spad has pointed out the brightness of the moon allows very fast shutter speeds to be used so this allows using hand held.
At the same time fairly small apertures can be used, increasing DoF and making focus that much easier.
That said, I did have to use a bit of PP to sharpen it a bit !
It's all part of the learning experience which is the joy of photography !
Best regards
Peter
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Well done