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Super Perigee Full Moon - Photos
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I took some photos last night too and I was thinking of you. I knew you would put some great shots up here. I actually got some decent shots but thought I was having trouble because I couldn't get a 'black and white' moon I kept getting shots with an orange-ish colored moon and I thought to myself... RSO would know what to do here. I finally got a black and white shot but I had to do it by placing the moon in the upper corner of the photo, couldn't get the whole moon in any one shot without it appearing orange.
I'll put some up in a little bit. I would love to know what you think. It's my first real try so go easy on me if you can.
I'll put some up in a little bit. I would love to know what you think. It's my first real try so go easy on me if you can.
If you shot at moonrise they would be orange as in my shots. That low in the horizon shooting through pollution, etc. will result in the orange coloration. Certain colors get refracted off the dust and pollution in the atmosphere due to shorter wavelengths. Reds, oranges and yellows have longest wavelengths and make it through so you will get that orangish appearance low on the horizon when the moon is actually further away than when directly overhead.
The "black and white" shots would have been when it was higher in the sky after 9ish.
The "black and white" shots would have been when it was higher in the sky after 9ish.
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Nice photos RSO34. Those craters must have been huge. . . in your last pic you can see on the very top left and right some giant craters dent
Nice photos RSO34. Those craters must have been huge. . . in your last pic you can see on the very top left and right some giant craters dent
Thanks. When the moon is less than full the craters are more visible:
Well that explains it. I thought I as doing something wrong. I have to admit, the more I learn the more, the more I like photography
Here is a link to pictures that other people took.
http://www.space.com/11178-supermoon-photos-2011-skywatcher-images.html
thx for posting those, bob - very cool!
CNN vetted one of my shots and at least for now is using it as the lead in for the iReports:
http://ireport.cnn.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=1309
http://ireport.cnn.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=1309
very cool, congrats!
Bob, what did you shoot the moon at,thanks Bill
When it was low on the horizon I used:
ISO 400
Shutter 1/250
Aperture 5.6
Lens 400 mm
As the moon rise higher, lost its orange glow and became brighter, I changed the aperture gradually, using 1/250 predominantly, and went up to F22.
Thanks Bob
Nice shots Bob. A bunch of us went down to the beach about 30 minutes before moonrise, it was pretty packed with people. Our photos came out nothing like yours of course .
.awesome!!!!!
Nice photos. It was cloudy and overcast here in sunny land on one of the most important days to see the sky...
Nice work there Steve. Glad to hear and see that you are gaining interest in photography. I am going to check your camera settings shortly to see what you were shooting and will post later in the event there is anything that you might want to change on future shoots. In the meantime, take advantage of any clear skies you have over the next couple of nights since it is actually easier to get a clearer shot of the craters when the moon is less than full.
EDIT: No exif info is available on your pics so I can't check your settings.
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Pictures are great like always Bob and thanks for a unbelieveable screen saver:biggrin: That's worth at least 3 hats
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You know where to send them!
Another shameless, self-promoting link to CNN (photo 10):
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/20/photo.supermoon/index.html?hpt=T2
Bob, are you part werewolf?
Only on my father's side.
Those are amazing shots...
The Moon.... born of the dust that was created in the impact between Thea and Earth. Billions of years later its gravity regulates the earth's spin, its rotation around the sun, and its change of axis... which created mild temperatures, created seasons, allowed life to happen.... and 4.5 billion years later what you are photographing is what allowed a guy named Robert Ondrovic to photograph it. You are in a way, photographing a primal mother.
The Moon.... born of the dust that was created in the impact between Thea and Earth. Billions of years later its gravity regulates the earth's spin, its rotation around the sun, and its change of axis... which created mild temperatures, created seasons, allowed life to happen.... and 4.5 billion years later what you are photographing is what allowed a guy named Robert Ondrovic to photograph it. You are in a way, photographing a primal mother.
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"We know the moon is made of green cheese but what if it were made of barbeque spare ribs?" "Would you eat it then?" "Heck, I know I would." "I'd come back for seconds and then polish it off with a tall cool Budweiser!"
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See you at Kids Day with the hats:biggrin:
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