quick handheld shot
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/...c041456a_b.jpg

^ I like it? Camera?

shot at shannon falls :fullofwin:

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...56662388_n.jpg

Less than ideal lighting, but oh well.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-F.../DSC_1655e.jpg


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o.../DSC_1686e.jpg

^i know what u mean.. almost all my photos of the stream were overexposed :fuuuuu:

Canon 5DmkII + 50mm f1.2L. Rose petals on a table:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...5-IMG_0412.jpg

Best I could manage given equipment..!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s.../DSC_5058e.jpg

Willing to share some techniques?? What's the source of the 'paint'?

Not what I wanted but whatever...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/...7c32c578dc.jpg

I wasn't too happy with my previous moon photo, so I decided to try it again with some different settings.


I think this is the best that 300mm can produce.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y.../DSC_5124e.jpg

Can you share your settings? i've never tried photographing the moon.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/...c383c5d7_b.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6164/...ed209e2f_b.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/...f3dc8421_b.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F.../DSC_9816e.jpg

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
- Oscar Wilde

1. Get the most powerful zoom you can get your hands on, for me, that's my $300 70-300mm lens :lol
2. Shoot full manual
3. 100 ISO, (The moon is plenty bright)
4. Don't let your camera meter the shot, control the exposure yourself
5. Shoot Raw for maximum detail for editing
6. Don't shoot when the moon is near the horizon because you'll be shooting through a lot of air, which can add distortion, especially wavy air from convection currents, or pollution.
7. If possible go up high on a mountain on a clear night, wait till the moon is high above.

I didn't even use a tripod, the moon is bright enough on a night like tonight for handheld.

Not when you're using anything more than 400mm!

I didn't say, 'don't use a tripod' :)

But really? If you had a 400mm lens, you don't think you could handhold a shot of the moon?


I used ISO 400 for a shot @ 300mm @ f5.6, and 1/1000 a second and moon was exposed fine, no blur.

But yea, with those crazy epic telephotos, tripods a pretty much a must, because of the size and weight. I'm lazy with carrying around stuff anyway. Not to mention I can't afford those lenses.. :lol

Convert the image to B&W, and play with the colour channels, especially the green channel. Then you can get high contrast images.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...IMG_1070-3.jpg

100% crop:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...IMG_1070-2.jpg

^ Could you hook up a telephoto w/ your hasselblad? :D

Yeah, sorry, I was thinking the big super teles.

:sweetjesus:

The longest lens I have for the Hasselblad is a 350mm f5.6. I should try it tomorrow. I'd still get more magnification with the 500mm f4L on a 7D though I think even with the 50 megapixels of the Hasselblad.