Super Moon Rising Over The Atlantic

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groveChuck

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Shot the super (perigee) moon tonight- the horizon was a bit cloudy, so the moon didn't appear til about 15 minutes after "moonrise".
But it was a beautiful gold color to the eye and using 5.6K preset.

Canon 70-200 2.8L + 2X.

Edit: Added a couple of shots, leveled the horizon, scaled a larger moon for the timelapse shot and lightly graded the moon with a small curve to bring out the features on the moon's surface better.

 
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Wow. really really liked this man. it looks great. the only thing I'd say and this is reeaally nitpicking cuz its a pet peeve is the slightly off balance horizon at 00.14. But again, wow.
 
Thanks man, much appreciated!
I think I moved the tripod back as the waves got closer and didn't re-level, then ended up using that shot, not even noticing it was off level...
 
This is with the Canon EOS 550d (for the crop sensor) and the Rubinar 1000mm f10 mirror lens M42 mount, similar to the Maksutov MTO 11 CA. Using a quality 2x teleconverter and some extension rings I have even managed to shoot a picture of Saturn, which I found pretty impressive... You can also see satellites of the moon moving around at times....
 
kostas- how do you like the Rubinar? Do you have to sharpen or add lots of contrast in post?
I have a (very) cheap Kalimar 500 mirror someone gave me that I don't even use, it's pretty soft.

Speaking of Saturn's moons (impressive!) you could always use the Canon 5200mm mirror... for shooting Pluto!!! :grin:

canon_5200.jpg


That's the body at far right!!! I like the sight on top!
 
I haven't found the Rubinar to be substantially different from the MTO 11-CA, but the most important difference is the close focusing from 4m (Macro) on the Rubinar.
As all mirrors, adding contrast and sharpness in post greatly enhances your pictures... So to make the moon texture pop up even better I had to sharpen up to an acceptable level.

Regarding saturn, I have been a bit lucky and patient locating it without any dedicated mechanisn, and no equatorial mount with such a long lens (2x 1000mm + extender + crop factor body) just looking at the lcd live view and my iPhone to locate with naked eye... Serious astrophotography would require an equatorial mount, longer exposure times, and a less light polluted environment.

groveChuck said:
kostas- how do you like the Rubinar? Do you have to sharpen or add lots of contrast in post?
I have a (very) cheap Kalimar 500 mirror someone gave me that I don't even use, it's pretty soft.

Speaking of Saturn's moons (impressive!) you could always use the Canon 5200mm mirror... for shooting Pluto!!! :grin:

canon_5200.jpg


That's the body at far right!!! I like the sight on top!
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Added a couple of shots, leveled the horizon, scaled a larger moon for the timelapse shot and lightly graded the moon with a small curve to bring out the features on the moon's surface better.

 
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