Night it's a Bigma moon night.

it's a Bigma moon night. · **1 Like**

It was a gorgeous day here in the Northeast and the moon looked great in the clear sky tonight.After a red solo cup or two I had to drag the Bigma out.

--charliezap
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**eaglem** · 10-11-2013, 05:59 PM

Gee Capt'n you really are pushing my urges to buy the Bigma lens.

DeadJohn · 10-11-2013, 07:26 PM

Can you try uploading that again? I'm seeing a lot of artifacts that probably aren't in the original shot. Could be a postprocessing glitch or maybe the forum overcompressed the JPG.

daacon · 10-11-2013, 07:40 PM

Great detail in that one Capt'n I may take one tonight as well.

**Bob Harris** · 10-11-2013, 07:49 PM

Charlie, how come you only took a photo of half the moon? Looks good from my end, of course I am having a fine Merlot while observing it.

old4570 · 10-11-2013, 08:08 PM

Damn nice ... Im waiting on the Moon and a cloudless night .. Really want to try out the 3x Teleconverter , 1500mm + Crop factor = 2000+ mm

bluestringer · 10-11-2013, 08:46 PM

Nice shot Charlie.

AussieTrev · 10-12-2013, 03:08 AM

You must have clear skies. Good shot.

charliezap · 10-12-2013, 06:17 AM

Originally posted by DeadJohn

Can you try uploading that again? I'm seeing a lot of artifacts that probably aren't in the original shot. Could be a postprocessing glitch or maybe the forum overcompressed the JPG.

I think that I over did it a bit with the sharpness.Here is another that seems to look better when I looked at it under magnification.It shows less artifacts but doesn't seem as sharp as the first shot.Thanks for the heads up.--charliezap
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charliezap · 10-12-2013, 07:38 AM

Originally posted by eaglem

Gee Capt'n you really are pushing my urges to buy the Bigma lens.

Bite the bullet Em.You won't regret it.---capn zap

Acheron · 10-12-2013, 01:17 PM

Originally posted by charliezap

I think that I over did it a bit with the sharpness.Here is another that seems to look better when I looked at it under magnification.It shows less artifacts but doesn't seem as sharp as the first shot.Thanks for the heads up.--charliezap

You should use higher shutter speed to cancel effect of Earth's rotation and avoid motion blur. I recommend at least 1/500, 1/125 is way to slow.

charliezap · 10-13-2013, 05:55 AM

Originally posted by daacon

Great detail in that one Capt'n I may take one tonight as well.

Originally posted by Bob Harris

Charlie, how come you only took a photo of half the moon? Looks good from my end, of course I am having a fine Merlot while observing it.

Originally posted by old4570

Damn nice ... Im waiting on the Moon and a cloudless night .. Really want to try out the 3x Teleconverter , 1500mm + Crop factor = 2000+ mm

A good feature about the moon is that you can come back to it month after month until you get it right.

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10-13-2013, 05:55 AM	#12
charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686 Original Poster	Originally posted by daacon Great detail in that one Capt'n I may take one tonight as well. Originally posted by Bob Harris Charlie, how come you only took a photo of half the moon? Looks good from my end, of course I am having a fine Merlot while observing it. Originally posted by old4570 Damn nice ... Im waiting on the Moon and a cloudless night .. Really want to try out the 3x Teleconverter , 1500mm + Crop factor = 2000+ mm A good feature about the moon is that you can come back to it month after month until you get it right.--charliezap

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eaglem Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 43,148	Gee Capt'n you really are pushing my urges to buy the Bigma lens.

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DeadJohn Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New York Posts: 4,834	Can you try uploading that again? I'm seeing a lot of artifacts that probably aren't in the original shot. Could be a postprocessing glitch or maybe the forum overcompressed the JPG.

10-11-2013, 07:40 PM	#4
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Great detail in that one Capt'n I may take one tonight as well.

10-11-2013, 07:49 PM	#5
Bob Harris Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canon City, Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,477	Charlie, how come you only took a photo of half the moon? Looks good from my end, of course I am having a fine Merlot while observing it.

10-11-2013, 08:08 PM	#6
old4570 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Melbourne Photos: Albums Posts: 2,551	Damn nice ... Im waiting on the Moon and a cloudless night .. Really want to try out the 3x Teleconverter , 1500mm + Crop factor = 2000+ mm

10-11-2013, 08:46 PM	#7
bluestringer Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Cotton fields of South Georgia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,748	Nice shot Charlie.

10-12-2013, 03:08 AM	#8
AussieTrev Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,590	You must have clear skies. Good shot.

10-12-2013, 06:17 AM	#9
charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686 Original Poster	Originally posted by DeadJohn Can you try uploading that again? I'm seeing a lot of artifacts that probably aren't in the original shot. Could be a postprocessing glitch or maybe the forum overcompressed the JPG. I think that I over did it a bit with the sharpness.Here is another that seems to look better when I looked at it under magnification.It shows less artifacts but doesn't seem as sharp as the first shot.Thanks for the heads up.--charliezap

10-12-2013, 07:38 AM	#10
charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686 Original Poster	Originally posted by eaglem Gee Capt'n you really are pushing my urges to buy the Bigma lens. Bite the bullet Em.You won't regret it.---capn zap

10-12-2013, 01:17 PM	#11
Acheron Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Croatia Photos: Gallery Posts: 100	Originally posted by charliezap I think that I over did it a bit with the sharpness.Here is another that seems to look better when I looked at it under magnification.It shows less artifacts but doesn't seem as sharp as the first shot.Thanks for the heads up.--charliezap You should use higher shutter speed to cancel effect of Earth's rotation and avoid motion blur. I recommend at least 1/500, 1/125 is way to slow.