To da Moon, babee!!

Roger_Barnett

Roger_Barnett

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Shot this tonight with my Canon EOS 7D, and 300 mm f/2.8 L IS, with 2x teleconverter attached, which gives effectively 960 mm, or 19 power. I shot it handheld, from my front yard, at 10 pm. The leaves are on my red Japanese maple. Two of them appear to look like birds in flight, to me!!
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Hand held? Wow. Either you've got the nerves of a surgeon or the lens is so powerful it picked up enough light from the moon alone.

How slow was that shutter? I always liked shooting in the dark. The slow shutter reminds me of older style cameras where everyone must stand perfectly still for a minute or the shot will be ruined.

Great work!
 
Family, the shutter speed was 1/500 second, at ISO 640 and f/6.4. The lens is internally stabilized, so can be handheld effectively at 960 mm at appx 1/100 second. Retails for $4500. The current Canon super telephoto lineup cost $6 million to develop.

Focus was the main difficulty, as it must be done manually when the moon is meant to be the out of focus backdrop.

Wait till ya'lls see what I'm headed off to shoot this morning.

This dead madrona twig was shot Friday night, so the moon wasn't full. I had the camera on a tripod, but this time I had two stacked teleconverters attached, which gives 1350 mm, effective, or 26 power!!

I fiddled with the exposure, which gave the ethereal color palate.....
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Family... you're such an idiot.
What do you think causes the moon to glow?




I love the bird effect Roger.

Did I mention that what's his name, Family something or other... is an idiot?
 
Interesting.

This is more my style, and that was with a 2 megapixel Canon several years ago.

LOL

What's cool about pix like this, is that it needs no caption nor camera specs. And colorful too.

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You guys are funny.....Just wait....I'm busy now....have scads and scads of great shots...including both of the ones that I posted. When I'm after effects as above, a tripod is very limiting....as exact placement is needed to achieve the desired effect. As well, the moon is ever in motion.

Keep in mind that the 300 is an IS, and that the moon has a lot of light, so a tripod isn't really needed. I do use both of mine often however. One is a 3 lb carborn fiber Chinese Gitzo knockoff that works well. The other is a 40 yr old huge heavy Gitzo, that is mated to a $400 Acratech Ball head.

Ryan, the lens weighs 5.6 lb......wanna buy it, maybe you may know how to utilize its benefits better than I.....It's yours for $3500....then I could buy the new Version ll that was just released. Canon is claiming 4 stops of benefit from the improved IS that it sports.

Further, there is a huge amount of tonal range in those shots...thus the dark areas will be noisy. This was exacerbated by my alteration of the exposure as well. The ISO was about 640 on those shots. At that rating, the Canon 7D does very well, when presented with normally lit images. With some noise reduction, it is admirable at as high as ISO 1600, and acceptable at 3200. However, my full frame 5D Mk ll has amazingly good perfomance considering it sports 21 megapixels. At 25,600, it is capable of capturing some very salable images, given some noise reduction post processing, and with no overly dark areas in the photo.

Then the full pro Nikon and Canon bodies, both of which have less megapixels, have an ISO range that peaks at 102,400!!!
 
Hey Roger, you follow camera stuff I see.

Care to know what happened this summer?

My camera fell from a Tripod. The mounting plate moved past the lever that should hold it. May be a design deficiency that would only happen once in a great while. The camera hit the hardtop at Prairie Creek redwoods visitor center. Cracked the case, dented the LCD screen, scratched other parts, and the lens area rattled inside. Amazingly it worked , but was pretty battered.

I sent a video to Manfrotto to show how easily the plate could move, even with the lever latched. The immediately asked how much the camera repair quote would be. Then they sent a check within a week, and gave me my choice of a new tripod from any of 6 models, and all were more expensive than the one I bought.

When I shipped the defunct one to them, I didn't even ask for that shipping, and even that happened to be included in the camera repair check.

No hassles. One of the speediest remedies I've ever seen from a company not located nearby.
 
Way cool, Mario.

I have dedicated plates, each for a specific camera or lens. They're made by Acratech, but will also fit my $90 ball head that came with the $180 Triopo CF tripod. For the price, that ball head is OK. I haven't tried to mount anything big on it yet.....the tripod is not that stable, even though its rated for about 15 lb. It should be fine for extended trips or backpacking, when I won't carry the monster. But I wish I'd gotten the next model up, as it is still only about 4.5 lb.

I've been loving using the super telephoto, and with the extenders, this year...and the new 300 IS, which replaced the stolen non IS 300, is superb. But, if I'm really wanting to spend more loot, I'll get an 800 f/5.6, which becomes 1280 mm on the 1.6 crop body 7D! Heck, it ain't but a measly $7500 or so. Then, i could add the 2x for 2560 mm......wow!
 
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Way cool, Mario.

I have dedicated plates, each for a specific camera or lens. They're made by Acratech, but will also fit my $90 ball head that came with the $180 Triopo CF tripod. For the price, that ball head is OK. I haven't tried to mount anything big on it yet.....the tripod is not that stable, even though its rated for about 15 lb. It should be fine for extended trips or backpacking, when I won't carry the monster. But I wish I'd gotten the next model up, as it is still only about 4.5 lb.

I've been loving using the super telephoto, and with the extenders, this year...and the new 300 IS, which replaced the stolen non IS 300, is superb. But, if I'm really wanting to spend more loot, I'll get an 800 f/5.6, which becomes 1280 mm on the 1.6 crop body 7D! Heck, it ain't but a measly $7500 or so. Then, i could add the 2x for 2560 mm......wow!

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Wish I could have some more expensive gear. But what I have works pretty good. Additionally, I seem to slip occassionally. Feel off a log onto my backpack last year with both cameras. They made it. And this summer fell off an 8' log onto my back and pack again, when Salal wrapped around my ankle. And the Canon SX10 survived unscathed once again.

Have you ever tinkered with any of the Gigapan type mounts? I've never even seen one, but noticed some images over at gigapan.com
 
That's good to hear about Manfrotto, I've got a garage full of there studio support gear I still need to sell. I was a little sad when they bought Gitzo but this gives me hope.
You should see my BIG tripod, an old Majestic designed to hold movie cameras.

Get an Arca Swiss B1 guys, you'll never need or think of another tripod head again as long as you live. The thing is soooo smooth and fast and when it locks with a quarter turn on the knob, it does not move at all... uses a much better plate design too. You can get plates for any lens or body from Kirk or RRS... it's a little tough to stomach $60 for a plate but they're worth it.
 
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