Picture of the Moon Last Night

[ront]

I have been working at trying to get a good picture of the moon. Last night I was finally rewarded. At least I think so.
What do you think?

Ron

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v105/ront1/Canon%20S3IS/Moon/IMG_2508-3.jpg

[Chucula]

Hot diggity! That is a great picture in my opinion.

Every time I see the moon, I wonder how history would have changed if the moon spun so that it visibly looked different.

BTW, do you have a higher resolution picture? I currently have a picture of the moon as my background and would like to try that one out.

[ront]

I have one just a bit bigger, but not very much. I will be happy to email it to you if you give me your email address.

Ron

[spyderdog]

Cool pic Ron. Really nice

[The Deacon]

Excellent shot Ron!

[whitefeather]

Wow That's all I can say:) Wow

[WORKER#9]

Very Impressive!

[Medic]

what camera is that?

[Agent Starling]

ront, that is a lovely shot...it looks so professional!

Agent Starling

[Peter1960]

... What do you think?
Brilliant, Ron!

Please tell us more about the circumstances and your equipment. Thanks!

[Jimd]

That's amazing! Very nice camera work!!

[ront]

Thanks for the comments all! I have been trying for a while now to get a good picture of the moon. I have mostly failed miserably!! I finally figured out (I think) what I was doing wrong.
My equipment is nothing special. I have a Canon S3IS camera that has a 12X optical zoom. I then added a Sony Teleconverter that magnifies everything by 1.7X. I used a tripod and used full zoom. That is about it. I then cropped the picture in Adobe Lightroom and sharpened it just a bit.
I am glad you like the picture. It made me pretty happy.

Ron

[lerman]

great shot ront, i took some pics of the moon a few days ago too, but not as good as yours, maybe some day.

[JBE]

Very nice pic! Excellent detail...

[Bolster]

Isn't it funny how good photos of the moon are made at "earth daylight" settings. You'd think the moon would need a lot of exposure, but if you think about it, it's sitting in broad daylight, so the sunny-16 rule seems to apply pretty well for exposure, doesn't it? Which means that no tracking is necessary, since the shutter time can be short.

It's a great shot, and I hope you try again during an eclipse; sometimes you can get a blood-red moon. If I can find my bloody-moon photos I'll post.

[jaislandboy]

sweet photo ront....incredible detail....thanx.... :)