Tonight's moon

[wellinghall]

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[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

It's going to be a cold night.

Am I right in thinking it's your birthday today? If so, many happy returns. If not, have a great day anyway!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It is indeed - thank you! :-)

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

many happies from me too!

tomorrow is a perigeum apparently...

[gayalondiel.livejournal.com]

*howls*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

I used my Olympus E-420 and Sigma 50-500mm lens at a focal length of 500mm, f/6.3, ISO 100, 1/80 second. I also had it mounted on my Manfrotto tripod. The key bits were a delay of 12 seconds between pressing the shutter and it taking the shot (to avoid camera shake), and exposure compensation of -4EV to get some detail - when I let the camera choose the settings, it just gave a featureless white disc. I'm rather proud of myself for figuring out how to do it :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yes, it is. I may try to get some more shots ...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

*howls back*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I suspect the thing that would most improve the shot would be a better tripod - I don't think my currrent one is quite up to the beast of a lens I was using. I won't be able to test this theory on this full moon, but maybe for a future one ...

[widsidh.livejournal.com]

Good luck - it is quite high now and still looks huge!

[chainmailmaiden]

Nice picture, thank you :-)

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's very impressive! I take it you're having fun with your new lens :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

So how does it compare with Bacchus' moon-photos?