Blue Moon

[Shadowman]

f/11, ISO 200, 1/500sec

[Radu Dinu Cordeanu]

Well done ,at me it was a cloudy night.I should apply High pass filter two times.First at 2-3 pixels and then with maximum,250 pixels

[Shadowman]

Well done ,at me was many clouds.I should apply High pass filter two times.First at 2-3 pixels and then with maximum,250 pixels

Hi Radu,

Thanks for commenting.

[KimC]

The moon last night was huge and amazing! Thanks for capturing the memory so well John.

[Shadowman]

The moon last night was huge and amazing! Thanks for capturing the memory so well John.

Thanks Kim.

[IzzieK]

I like this version better, John...what I missed on this kind of shot is a foreground...not much of the stars as they can be put in later on in Photoshop and then lessened by cloning out some and blurring others...pretty much like a composite, if you like...just a thought on post processing...remember making rain in Photoshop? pretty much the same process, so to me a foreground will be much more ideal...

Anyway, looking at your EXIF, you used a 70-300mm and yet your focal length 550mm. how did that go about?

[Shadowman]

I like this version better, John...what I missed on this kind of shot is a foreground...not much of the stars as they can be put in later on in Photoshop and then lessened by cloning out some and blurring others...pretty much like a composite, if you like...just a thought on post processing...remember making rain in Photoshop? pretty much the same process, so to me a foreground will be much more ideal...

Anyway, looking at your EXIF, you used a 70-300mm and yet your focal length 550mm. how did that go about?

Hi Izzie,

Thanks for commenting. I did take a few shots with some foreground subject matter but the exposure on the moon was way off. I used a 2X tele-extender for this capture.

[Manfred M]

I'm not a great fan of the yellow colour cast in your image, John. I can't ever remember the moon being that yellow.

[Shadowman]

I'm not a great fan of the yellow colour cast in your image, John. I can't ever remember the moon being that yellow.

Hi Manfred,

I found the original tones a bit dull.

[bnnrcn]

This is the first time I have ever seen a golden moon John, nice shot

[Shadowman]

This is the first time I have ever seen a golden moon John, nice shot

Binnur,

Thanks for the comments.

[arith]

I like it but are surprised at the settings, it must be very bright. I'm interested in why it is called a blue moon; I've heard the expression, 'only if there is a blue moon' or something like that, but didn't think there was actually a blue moon.

[Shadowman]

I like it but are surprised at the settings, it must be very bright. I'm interested in why it is called a blue moon; I've heard the expression, 'only if there is a blue moon' or something like that, but didn't think there was actually a blue moon.

There are two definitions of a Blue Moon, my understanding was that it was two full moons within a month. This was taken very early in the morning.

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy...blue-moon.html
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[John 2]

A bit on the warm side John but a nice image none the less. Hand held?

[Shadowman]

A bit on the warm side John but a nice image none the less. Hand held?

Hi John,


Thanks for the comments, yes handheld.

[Ziggy]

Did not get a capture but I did go out and howl.

Nice catch John.

[IzzieK]

Hi Izzie,

Thanks for commenting. I did take a few shots with some foreground subject matter but the exposure on the moon was way off. I used a 2X tele-extender for this capture.

Thanks...I have yet to master using my 2X...It doesn't seem to cooperate with me and my FF camera.

Anyway, why don't you do a composite and replace the way-off moon exposure with this one you have here? I just saw an image the other days of a foreground in Forest Park here where the moon is really big and the foreground subject are just sillouette-d. It was so beautiful...and dreamy..

[Shadowman]

Did not get a capture but I did go out and howl.

Nice catch John.

Jim,

Thanks for commenting and the laugh.

[Shadowman]

Thanks...I have yet to master using my 2X...It doesn't seem to cooperate with me and my FF camera.

Anyway, why don't you do a composite and replace the way-off moon exposure with this one you have here? I just saw an image the other days of a foreground in Forest Park here where the moon is really big and the foreground subject are just sillouette-d. It was so beautiful...and dreamy..

Izzie,

It took awhile to get used to the 2X, it doesn't fully auto focus across the focal length of my 70-300mm lens, it will totally focus when using LiveView though.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[deetheturk]

Nice capture John, I had a go as well the other night here's my attempt