my own moon shot

ELinder

ELinder

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A few days ago I was at a location outside Naples, FL where there weren't a lot of lights around. A nice side effect of one of the cold fronts going thru Florida recently was an exceptionally clear night. I used my new tripod and head, remote shutter release, and since the D90 doesn't have a true mirror lock up, I set the camera exposure delay to give a pause between the mirror flip and taking the exposure.

Erich

D90, 70-200mm f2.8 VR+ TC-20E III, 100% crop with Photoshop
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Thanks all. I really wondered how something like a teleconverter could possibly be worth what they are charging. Now I'm glad I spent the money on it. Of course, I thought the same when I bought the 70-200mm f2.8, so I see a pattern emerging here. :)

Brian, I didn't do anything fancy for the exposure. I just set the camera to spot meter from a small central area, set the aperture and ISO manually, and let the camera set the shutter speed. My camera tends to slightly overexpose, so I bumped it down a bit in Photoshop.

Erich
 
Great shot. ; I'd say it's money well spent!
The expanding picture works great on my phone too, pretty cool!
 
That came out beautifully! ; I keep trying to get a shot like this but I keep blowing it out completely, no matter what settings I use. ; I am going to have to try this again earlier in the evening when the moon isn't so bright.
 
Moose Peterson pretty much endorsed the TC 20E III this week. ; I saw they rolled out Discovery. ; One month before liftoff, Erich!
 
Yeah, in an hour I'm driving over to Port Canaveral to practice on a Delta 4 rocket launch that's scheduled for 6:17 PM today.
Erich
 
"ELinder" said:
Yeah, in an hour I'm driving over to Port Canaveral to practice on a Delta 4 rocket launch that's scheduled for 6:17 PM today.
Erich
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cool! have a BLAST!
 
Well, the planned daytime launch was delayed long enough that it became a night launch. And I'm glad, because I see how hard this is going to be for the shuttle launch. I'm definitely going to have to do a lot more research on technique before then.

Erich
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