Hand Held Moon

[greyflash]

I am not touting this image as a great moon shot, especially with all the fine ones that have been posted here. The thing that is interesting is that I shot it hand held with my 300mm f2.8 lens and then had to crop it severly to make it big enough to view on this forum.

100% crop of moon, ISO 200, f2.8.

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[PGB]

I like it.





show off :biggrin:

 

[DAVE VAN]

Wow, that is great Gordon. I really like the contrast with the perfectly black sky. :smile:

 

[Chris101]

That's wild for hh! I mean, wow. You don't need no stinkin' tripod Gordon!

 

[greyflash]

Thanks Patrick, Dave and Chris. I didn't even know that hand holding a shot of the moon was possible but thought I would give it a try just for kicks. It was shot at ISO 200, f2.8, at 1600/sec. on a very clear night. Dave, there was no manipulation of the background in PS so what you see is what you get.

 

[Brew]

show off!!!!!! :biggrin:

 

[Lisa]

Gordon:

That is incredible for a handheld shot! I am really impressed :biggrin:

 

[Crayaco]

There is nothing wrong with your image. I like it.

 

[nburwell]

Great job, Gordon. Especially for a HH shot. Very nicely done.

 

[greyflash]

Bruce, Lisa, Ray and Nick,

Thank you for the nice comments. Now I will have to put on the TC 1.4 and see if I can keep from cropping it so much.

 

[DavidM]

Gordon,

I'm going to have to join the bandwagon of very impressed people here. I've attempted shooting at the moon several times with a 300 f/4 with and without TC's, but always with a tripod. Never have gotten anything like that, regardless of crop! You're making me want to try again...

Great shot!

 

[Elf_8]

This is so clear. A perfect exposure, and... hand held ! I'm impressed too by the clear sky you had. These are not the conditions we city folks can even dream of.

 

[greyflash]

This is so clear. A perfect exposure, and... hand held ! I'm impressed too by the clear sky you had. These are not the conditions we city folks can even dream of.

Christian, the clear sky comes from a lack of light pollution and the dry air in the desert where I live. Thanks for your comments.

 

[greyflash]

Gordon,

I'm going to have to join the bandwagon of very impressed people here. I've attempted shooting at the moon several times with a 300 f/4 with and without TC's, but always with a tripod. Never have gotten anything like that, regardless of crop! You're making me want to try again...

Great shot!

Yes, give it another try David. It was a nice clear night here in St. George but I really didn't take any particular pains in doing this shot. I just walked outside with my dog so that he could pee and pointed up at the sky and made the shot. I did have to adjust my shooting speed twice because of overexposure. I ended up at 1/1600 of a sec. at f2.8. It was all over in less than 5 minutes. Thanks for looking and for your comments.

 

[PhotoByMark]

Wow. Human Tripod. I will look for clone's of you on sale at B&H!

That is pretty good HH. I just took some of the moon a couple nights ago with my 70-300 I do not think they came out as sharp as yours. I post it here just for comparison. Also, severly cropped and no where near as sharp as yours. Darn-it and I used a tripod.'

So I guess a 300 2.8 is much sharper than my 70-300? Or maybe I just suck at moon shots? Hopefully, the difference in quality of the lenses shows. OK-I want a 300 2.8 too. The list of lenses grows even more. It would be interesting to see a full moon shot with a 70-200 VR and perhaps a 200-400 VR and one more the 80-400 VR. I am hoping to get the 80-400 VR as my next lens purchase.

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[misupix]

Great image!

100% better than my last moon-shooting.


Are you for rent? (a self-walking tripod would be great for hikes :wink

 

[Phil K]

Great shot, Gordon. And you did it so casually.

Makes me want to try it. And if I'm not successful, can I borrow your tripod?

 

[greyflash]

Hi Mark, Michael and Phil. Thanks for commenting on my moon shot. I would make a pretty antiquated tripod so I suspect you better look to Gitzo or some other brand. :wink: :wink:

 

[sommer]

Just....wow! What an amazing shot. And handheld, too?!?!?! I'll say it again...wow!

 

[JerseyJay]

Gordon,

This is excellent especially since it was handheld. I'm impressed !!!

Here is mine taken in June05. This one was taken on the tripod with 1/160 f/8 at 200mm

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