Show me your moon shot!

woodrim · Joined: 14 Jan 2010 Posts: 4060 Location: Charleston

All you guys photographed the same side of the moon. I got the other side.

gaeger · Expire: 2021-03-09

ferruccio (genbaus) · Joined: 31 Aug 2010 Posts: 1 Location: Ferrara

Here you are with a couple of oldish pictures (actually it is the same picture resized and cropped). Taken with a strange combo: Century Tele Athenar II 650mm plus Leica 1,4x Apo converter plus Oly 1,4x 4/3 converter plus FT to MFT adapter plus E-PL1 body (EFL 2600mm). Manfrotto 055 + 322 head as main support, the secondary (sturdy) support was the steel grating of my window.

I love to take pictures of the Moon, I took hundreds, but this one is the best result I could achieve so far.

calvin83 · Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 7583 Location: Hong Kong

drjs · Joined: 25 Feb 2013 Posts: 484 Location: USA

enzodm · Joined: 11 Sep 2010 Posts: 350 Location: Italy

Lightshow · Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Posts: 3666 Location: Calgary

NEX-7 & EF 400/5.6L
Not the best of shots, it's not a super-moon, the 400 and all my AF glass is now long gone, it was my longest lens, what to replace it with?

nikono · Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Posts: 38

Moon in different perspective.

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Tedat · Joined: 08 Nov 2011 Posts: 800 Location: Berlin/Germany

Sony A7 with Vario-Sonnar 4.5-5.6/100-300

cooltouch · Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas

Not real sure how I could have missed this thread. I too like taking moon pics and I'm glad to see another Century Tele Athenar II user (feruccio and his spectacular pics of the half moon with his 650mm f/6.8 + teleconverters).

I don't recall using teleconverters with my Century Tele Athenars, but apparently I did because there's a shot below taken with my CPO 650 + a Nikon TC14a. Anyway, here is an assortment of mine. No known super moon pics, although I do recall viewing it last August with the naked eye and wondering what all the fuss was about. (with my naked eye I couldn't tell a difference)

I have taken moon shots with a variety of equipment over the years. Here is a comparison of the crescent moon I made between my Century Tele Athenar II 500mm f/5.6 (@ f/8 ) and my Tamron 55BB 500mm f/8 mirror -- a suprisingly good optic, which borders on a refractor in terms of contrast:

Here's a pic of the full moon using my CPO 500mm f/5.6 @ f/8:

Here's a pic of the full moon with my CPO 650mm f/6.8 @ f/11:

And a pic with the CPO 650mm + a Nikon TC14a:

Moonrise of a blood-red moon with my CPO 650mm. Shot taken at ISO 800 with my Canon XS (ISO 800 is very noisy with that camera). I had to use ISO 800 because I was getting motion blur (from the moon's movement) at slower shutter speeds and lower ISO values:

And a half-moon shot with my old Meade 10" LX3 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. What a beast that old scope was (10" diameter mirror, about 20" long), but it did take good pics. Nikon F2, Tri-X 400 film.

In addition to the above photos, there are a few more I would like to take that I haven't yet. Sadly, I took no moon pics with my Canon FD 400mm f/4.5 before it was stolen. But I have others still. I haven't tried out my Tamron 300mm f/2.8 LDIF yet. I'll probably use at least one teleconverter behind it. Maybe I'll stack a couple, see how they work out. I've determined through other tests that the Tamron 200-500mm f/5.6 zoom is actually a very sharp optic, so I'd like to give mine a try-out as well. I also haven't taken a full-moon image yet with my Tamron 55BB 500mm f/8 mirror; something I'd like much to do. And finally, I'd like to give it a try with my Sigma 600mm f/8 mirror, see if it can measure up to the Tamron mirror.

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4745 Location: Cheshire, England

Maybe this is a naive question - but I'll ask anyway. Does the moon look 'upside down' in Australia compared to Britain?

WNG555 · Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 784 Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA

^ I believe you answer is yes. The Moon should be flipped.

Here are some of my recent attempts with manual-focus lenses aimed at the Moon.

Konica Hexanon AR 300mm f/3.5 EE.
IMHO, pretty good detail for a 300mm.

hALF eMPTY oR hALF fULL by wNG iMAGE aND dESIGN, on Flickr

DSC00637c16-Konica Hexanon AR 300mm f4.5 by wNG555, on Flickr

This one shot with a Tamron SP 500mm f/8 55BB. Cooltouch's posts of his comparison inspired me to get one myself.

DSC00442a_Tamron SP 500mm f/8 55BB by wNG555, on Flickr

And few artsy ones when the clouds got in the way...

bAD mOON rISING by wNG555, on Flickr

With a modern Sony zoom at 210mm...

Bad Moon Rising by wNG555, on Flickr

cooltouch · Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas

That Konica does a surprisingly good job for a 300mm. That must be one helluva lens.

thomasbest · Joined: 16 Mar 2015 Posts: 25

WNG555.. love the first artsy one, what settings did you use to capture that? tried to take pic like that with the moon shining through clouds but couldn't manage it.

WNG555 · Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 784 Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA

I must confess that one was a lucky shot.

It was seat of the pants, adjusting exposure for the quick moving clouds. The Moon was covered more. But by the time the self-timer fired, it peaked through and blown out the photo. But I was able to save it PP-ing (except for that one area). It turned out better than the original composition, which had no cloud depth.

f11 or f16, 1/25" and ISO 500, Auto ISO set to 800 max, and it was the Hexanon 300.

Michael,
Yes, surprised me too when I saw the results. Given that it has been a PITA to focus all this time. Wink

BTW, fantastic Moon shots, my friend! Two thumbs up!

kds315* · Expire: 2021-03-09

Amazing shots here!!

WNG555 · Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 784 Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA

You guys are going to have to take my word for the first one...
4 moons for the price of one. Jupiter and its 4 large moons in alignment this month. Courtesy of a Tamron SP 500 55BB.

dANCING iN hEAVEN, oRBITAL bEEBOP by wNG555, on Flickr

Our Moon at dusk... with Venus at its side. Captured with a Tamron SP 60-300 23A.

tWILIGHT cRESCENT by wNG555, on Flickr

vENUS fOR cOMPANY by wNG555, on Flickr

cooltouch · Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas

Your Jupiter shot reminded me of one I got a couple years ago.

Canon EOS XS, Century Precision Optics 650mm f/6.8, ISO 100

This image is a 100% crop. Taken with a 10.1mp Canon XS and a Century Precision Optics Tele Athenar II 650mm f/6.8. The aperture was probably set to wide open, although I don't recall anymore. I was surprised that it captured as much detail as it did.

WNG555 · Joined: 18 Dec 2014 Posts: 784 Location: Arrid-Zone-A, USA

Wow, excellent Michael! That's quite cool, the planet's stripes are visible.

Olivier · Expire: 2015-08-06

Oh, nice topic. Very Happy

I made tests with different combos in december 2013 with Olympus Pen E-P2 wich had gain in range in comparison with 5D MkII.
http://forum.mflenses.com/moon-shots-with-different-combos-tamron-sp-500-f8-t64913,highlight,%2Bmoon.html
Shooting conditions : the lens was blocked on car Windows.
The Pen E-P2 has stabilisation.

1/ Pen E-P2 + Canon EF 70-200 F4 L IS USM + Kenko extender x1.4. ISO 400, 1/200s. Equivalent 560mm

2/ Pen E-P2 + Tamron SP 500 F8 + Tamron SP 01F doubler. ISO 640, 1/200s. Equivalent to 2000mm.

3/ Pen E-P2 + Tamron SP 500 F8 without doubler. ISO 400, 1/160s. Equivalent to 1000mm.

Analog lex · Joined: 10 Nov 2013 Posts: 95 Location: East Europe

Sonnar 4/135 for Exakta, on Canon Eos 1100D. 100% crop.

f6cvalkyrie · Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:15 am Post subject:

Yesterday, late afternoon, with E-M1 and Reflex-Nikkor 500/8 on tripod

C U,
Rafael

Saiph · Joined: 20 Nov 2016 Posts: 1 Location: Krakow, Poland

Hi, guys.

I'm new to this forum, although i've been visiting a lot of times, every now and then.

Here's my two cent moon shot - it's actually a composition, that showcases this month "Supermoon", and a moderately-far-not-so-full moon from last year's spring. Slightly diferent processing routine and color balance, but the scale is real. Shots made using the Tair 3S 300/4.5 lens, @f/8, and a 2x teleconverter.

I like my Tair very much, although it's a bit old and sometimes that shows (and i'm not refering only to CA), however it's nice to have it at hand when needed.

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/30806022@N05/30320226024/