Wow! amazing to see what can be done with something I played with unsuccessfully.
Galoot, lol (your ship needs to be flipped horizontally to get the shadow the right way round)
DrOrloff, strewth! ott maybe, but wow! was that my picture? That would look fine in an encyclopedia

BTW, tripod? yes - mirror up.
60th, yep, is that fast enough?

Cool, nice one guys. I prefer Axel's closer, black one; that is very cleanly sharpened (bit of a halo on the right), but much better than my messy effort
Gary, yours makes a nice photo, nice and clean. Would prefer it a bit bigger for this challenge.
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Do we think that 100 percent crop is never going to be very nice?

Yes, that's it exactly Axel.
Most image hosting sites provide you with the URL to the image.
Alternatively, right click on your image on the net, and go 'View image' the URL to the image will then be in the address bar.
Copy this, then click the 'image' button here and paste the URL in the field provided.

Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG
I didn't realise that lens existed; the images have the same kind of quality and detail in the small feathers that the DA300* can produce.
Beautiful

When I see a bright moon, I can't resist having one more go at nailing a sharp image. Unfortunately the longest lens I have is the 55-300.
Below are this week's attempts (100% crops).
The first moon appears sharpest, the next is yesterday, earlier in the evening, but softer (possibly due to full 300mm).
Finally - a link to yesterday's raw file for you to play with
Have a go at revealing as much genuine detail as poss. Try to avoid artifacts and halos and noise. I think maintaining the blue would be good (unlike mine), but it's up to you.
I'm happy to judge, but I'm more interested to hear your comments and let you decide.



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Here's the raw file to play with
Good luck!
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Nice
NB: click above

Feel free to prove me wrong
You're correct about Janners

Not sure if this has been mentioned recently, but:
Ever wondered if your images are being stolen?
Try going to google and searching by Image. In the search bar, click the little blue camera icon, then upload an image, or enter a URL to the image you think might be worth stealing.
Interesting, what Google knows about; in this case I'm happy it can trace my images

Thanks John,
Just to back that up:
link

Still think he was looking for trouble

I thought the photographer was unnecessarily belligerent, looking for trouble.
The Security guard was typically ignorant, but would you do a job like that if you had anything about you?
I'm fairly sure the company is within their rights to stop the photographer shooting their property, even if he is on a public footpath. An individual can ask you to stop shooting them and companies have trade marks and copyrights on their side also.
I would be interested to find out the exact law here, but I'm not interested in an argument. This was just my opinion