Moon

[eye_on_me]

hi,
just come back from Rome where i found a photography shop that rents out lense. . . i never heard of them before? (any one else??) so i rented the nikon 500mm which costs loads rented it for £100. i took my 1st moon pictures with this lens with abit of cropping i dont think it turned out that bad??
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/2482764726_4cbcbf427b.

i will post more of Rome when i get some time. . .

comments welcome.

:)

[Petenick3]

how the hell did you manage that?!

[aztec daz]

very nice as ever mate

[eye_on_me]

thanks :)

[Whittie]

Looks awesome mate, i've seen a few 800mm lens pictures of the moon, some are amazing! Type 800mm into flickr and there's loads there.

[Keith Fusco]

Up to 90mm moon shot from me. Not very good like, but it was a first time shot trial.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2277045513_c9a7094af0_o.jpg

[Hoops]

Awesome, any way to get the sky blacker?

[Ryan]

lol ^

[Hoops]

lol ^

I take it that there isnt any camera exposure tweak or lightness setting etc?! :shrug:

[Keith Fusco]

Awesome, any way to get the sky blacker?

I take it that there isnt any camera exposure tweak or lightness setting etc?! :shrug:

Nope, that's how the sky was, just black. There may have been a slight tweak with curves, but that's about it, really.

I think the shutter speed was about 1.3, or so.

[Hoops]

Nope, that's how the sky was, just black. There may have been a slight tweak with curves, but that's about it, really.

I think the shutter speed was about 1.3, or so.

I meant the top pic, sorry Keith.

[Keith Fusco]

Ah lol. Could always do a colour range selection, and then change it that way - IE make it darker?

Or change it, so it's more purple etc? Depends on what you want to do really. If you wanted to make it more blacker, I'd suggest doing the colour selection, and then reducing the brightness.

[Ryan]

I meant the top pic, sorry Keith.
oh, i thought it was a joke about keiths which made me lol

i retract the lol :shrug:

[Bowden769]

thats looks well good :doublethumbs:

[Hoops]

Ah lol. Could always do a colour range selection, and then change it that way - IE make it darker?

Or change it, so it's more purple etc? Depends on what you want to do really. If you wanted to make it more blacker, I'd suggest doing the colour selection, and then reducing the brightness.

I used photoshop ->

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/jrhoop/2482764726_4cbcbf427b.jpg

[Keith Fusco]

oh, i thought it was a joke about keiths which made me lol

i retract the lol :shrug:

Lol, I thought it was too!

I used photoshop ->

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/jrhoop/2482764726_4cbcbf427b.jpg

Very nice! Did you do it with colour selection, or something else?

[Hoops]

Lol, I thought it was too!

Very nice! Did you do it with colour selection, or something else?

Desaturate the colour, and then just tweak the brightness and contrast

Its a balance to try to still get black sky but bright moon.

[Keith Fusco]

Awesome, never thought of that. Would have tried it my way first, then pondered if it didn't work, and then tried that way lol.

I know what you mean. Could always do some selecting, and inverse selecting, to get just the sky, and the bit on the moon, to then dark everything but the moon.

Probably easier, and better the way you did it though, just making it all B&W.

[Hoops]

Awesome, never thought of that. Would have tried it my way first, then pondered if it didn't work, and then tried that way lol.

I know what you mean. Could always do some selecting, and inverse selecting, to get just the sky, and the bit on the moon, to then dark everything but the moon.

Probably easier, and better the way you did it though, just making it all B&W.

My way = 1 min

Keiths way = 5 mins

:P

[Keith Fusco]

Lol, lazy bum. :P

[cunney]

Im normally a fan of keith's photo's, but 2bf that moon pic is shocking lol

[Mike]

I prefer it with the bluey tint :shrug:

[cunney]

my moon pic > keiths moon pic


http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9356/moonqo7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mike]

my moon pic > keiths moon pic


http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9356/moonqo7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:lol: nut case

[Keith Fusco]

Im normally a fan of keith's photo's, but 2bf that moon pic is shocking lol

Lol, I'm sorry I can't take a picture of the moon. I'll give it another bash soon, just for you. I tried it once, and quickly, and that was a result.

my moon pic > keiths moon pic


http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9356/moonqo7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Lol!

[aztec daz]

lol

[eye_on_me]

thanks for the feedback i could have waithed another hour or 2 so the sky was black but i had to get the lens back to the shop or i would have to pay for two days rent :(

[Hoops]

thanks for the feedback i could have waithed another hour or 2 so the sky was black but i had to get the lens back to the shop or i would have to pay for two days rent :(

:lol: