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Published: 2006-12-23 06:01:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1498; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 37
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Finally got a decent shot of the moon!Related content
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Dejohn68 [2010-09-04 02:14:12 +0000 UTC]
Hi Dirk. Love this shot.
I am new to Deviant Art and have used your moon in a compilation of my own. As I am still working out protocols etc, I hope that this is OK. I would appreciate you comments and also any critique you may have on my photomanipulation. I don't want to do the wrong thing as this is a great site with so many talented photographers and digital artists.
Cheers
Deb.
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insidesignz [2007-02-09 17:44:44 +0000 UTC]
your problem here is with the iso 1600, you don't need that high you'll just lost a lot of important detail for this kind of shots. try shooting it at iso 100 while lowering the aperture, because you won't need either F11 to get a crisp shot, just lower it down, or you can still use it if you have a tripod.
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Huersi [2007-02-09 15:26:30 +0000 UTC]
Oh I love this picture
You did a great job
[link] My Gallery
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aurora-crow [2007-02-07 06:34:14 +0000 UTC]
This one looks a lot like a photo I took in the summer of 2006....same moon faze....Intersting! I love to see the moon....even if it hides behind clouds and I have to look at a photo of it.... i found it was actrully a hard picture to get....haven't been able to get another good picture snice I took my last picture of the moon....good picture!
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dirkwilliams In reply to aurora-crow [2007-02-07 19:03:18 +0000 UTC]
It really is hard to get a good shot, I tried forever...
Thanks for the comment!!
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dracung [2007-01-31 18:01:05 +0000 UTC]
wonderful! I have photos from the moon, but they are not so good, but your picture is fantastic!
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WolfSpiritDream [2007-01-31 03:45:43 +0000 UTC]
by far, my fav of all the celestial beings...
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Taaken [2007-01-28 10:43:58 +0000 UTC]
I love this one...
But the rest of your gallery is nice too.
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dirkwilliams In reply to Taaken [2007-01-28 18:41:20 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! This is definitely one of my favourites.
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AdamDrakov [2007-01-25 17:07:54 +0000 UTC]
have you ever tried to make a shot through a telescope? i had funny results on that but also lost the disk i stored it on... and the telescope was not mine just borrowed it...
but still. good pictures can be made via telescope. just don't forget to calculate the moving of the sky and the stars/when you see it with a scope you realize that it isn't that slow.../
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dirkwilliams In reply to AdamDrakov [2007-01-28 19:03:25 +0000 UTC]
Thats awesome, I really want to try that sometime!
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wiidlund [2007-01-16 19:46:39 +0000 UTC]
ItΒ΄s hard I know But this one is realy greate!
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inspectorjavert [2006-12-23 11:02:28 +0000 UTC]
firstly i looked to the focal lenght of this photo...300 mm...it means to me with a 300mm we can see some details of moon...and one question, why is iso speed 1600? i think it can be choosen around 400 and so f number will be around 5,6-8 after all we can have a better details and also no noise...just i'm thinking myself while writing haahahhaaa...
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dirkwilliams In reply to inspectorjavert [2006-12-24 06:58:23 +0000 UTC]
Yes, but there is also a 1.6x crop factor for the digital frame, so it results in a 480mm eq. focal length... Not important. Anyhow, yes, the 1600 ISO is overkill, originally I thought if I used F/14 it would help sharpen the focus (greater DOF, more forgiving on the focus not being perfect) but alas, you are absolutely correct about the horrible grain. If I went to ISO 400 or even 200, moved to F/8 say, and used something along the lines of 1/30 (and maybe a tripod) I could probably get and equally exposed and focused shot, with less detail lost to noise. Thanks for your input, I will definitely be giving this another shot
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inspectorjavert In reply to dirkwilliams [2006-12-24 18:23:48 +0000 UTC]
hahaa you are right!! i forgot about shutter speed...
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dirkwilliams In reply to inspectorjavert [2006-12-28 03:59:22 +0000 UTC]
If I used a tripod I could go slower and use a lower ISO though... So you still have a good point.
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