Tonight's SUPERMOON!

[Kodiak]

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This post is the result of many of my students requiring tips

for moon photography and the consequent challenge they

brought up as to who will produce the better take.

 

Sorry for the watermark but you know…

 

For those in the UK:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/what-is-a-supermoon-and-when-can-i-see-the-largest-moon-in-70-ye/

 

 

C&C always welcomed!

 

 

 

 

 

[pioneer]

Great shot, You have sadly left out the info for the shot, such as location, camera, lens and settings etc. John

[Kodiak]

Great shot, You have sadly left out the info for the shot, such as location, camera, lens and settings etc. John

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Yes, I know… but I was suggested to shy out of these details

since this is not a photo forum but an Affinity Photo one. This

take was not worked in any way in AP so I feel a bit intrusive.

 

Maybe there should be an photo section as most of the site is

dedicated, if I understand it right, to designers and AD!

 

So, for the wanted details: south Austria, D810 @ 1/500 and

ISO 220, 600mm ƒ4 @ ƒ 5.6 and EV -1 and PP in Capture One.

[Patrick Connor]

Great shot, You have sadly left out the info for the shot, such as location,

 

Lol, :)

[Jangbu]

CT, U.S.A., 70-200mm zoom on Nikon D7000 (300mm effective focal length) drastically cropped.ISO 100, f8, 1/319 sec, tripod mounted. AP adjustments: curves, clarity, saturation, contrast. 

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[Kodiak]

CT, U.S.A., 70-200mm zoom on Nikon D7000 (300mm effective focal length) drastically cropped.ISO 100, f8, 1/319 sec, tripod mounted. AP adjustments: curves, clarity, saturation, contrast. 

 

Coooool… an other moon hunter! :)

 

2 questions, if I may:

1. how did you achieve the "300mm effective focal length"
2. What is the thinking behind the saturation?

[Jangbu]

Hi  Kodiak

 

1. On a full-frame sensor camera, the zoom would have a focal length range of 70-200mm. The same lens produces a 1.5X larger image in proportion to the smaller APS-C (crop frame) sensor in my camera.

 

2. No thinking at all, really. Just liked the way a small saturation boost looked.

 

BTW, I've enjoyed your nature photographs. 

[Kodiak]

I've enjoyed your nature photographs. 

 

Kind of you, glad you like them!

 

Hi  Kodiak

 

1. On a full-frame sensor camera, the zoom would have a focal length range of 70-200mm. The same lens produces a 1.5X larger image in proportion to the smaller APS-C (crop frame) sensor in my camera.

 

I was afraid to get that answer (but I suspected it was coming as

you stated the shot was taken on a crop sensor camera!)

 

I am well aware of the broadly, and falsely, spread of the "effective

focal length" notion in the photography world. I have to fight that

notion and explain to all new students that…

a crop sensor just cannot alter in anyway the focal length of a

lens but just give the impression of a somehow other AoV ***

— no more, no less! EVEN THE COMPRESSION STAYS THE SAME!

 

If, on my FX sensor, I shot the moon with a 600mm lens and had to

crop the black sky that was almost 33,3 % of the take, that will never

make my lens  an "effective 1080mm lens" but just a cropped frame of

24 MP instead of the original 36,3 MP… — no more, no less!

 

That said, I like to render my takes as close as possible to reality and

let the sometimes theatrical and magic lighting seduce the viewer.

 

Thanks for your appreciation and comment!

 

 

 

*** AoV = Angle of view.

[Jangbu]

Ah, Kodiak

 

I see that the broad use of the term "effective focal length" is a pet peeve of yours. By providing some context ("in proportion to the smaller APS-C sensor") I thought it was clearly understood that the reach of the lens was not magically increased. Because life is short, we  have to pick and choose among the fights to engage in. You have chosen yours, and I wish you unqualified success. ;)