Exploration Photography Daily View - December 9, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

The Winter months are an excellent time to shoot the Moon. On a clear cold evening I can get some really crisp and clear images of the everyone's favorite satellite. Tonight is such a night. Nice and cold. And... I have a new toy. I found myself an early Christmas present on Amazon. For the sole purpose of shooting the Moon I purchased a 500mm lens. Now I could have gone the normal route and spent thousands of dollars. But instead I went the cheap route and bought a very basic fully manual $89 lens made by a company I have never heard of. Cool huh? And after a quick skim through a rudimentary instruction manual I finally said the heck with it and hooked up this glorified gun scope and shot this.

I need to work on it a bit but I don't think this is too bad for a first attempt. Now what I really need is a new tripod head that affords me some better freedom to adjust my aim. That will not be cheap.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Thursday December 8, 2016

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January 5, 2015 - Photo of The Day

Well the rain has certainly gone away but it sure is windy today. And cold too. The moon was full last night but there was so much cloud cover that I didn't get to see it let alone photograph it. Tonight however it is mostly clear. So for today's photo I present this. An almost full moon.

I am very pleased with the detail I captured in this shot. For those interested here are the camera settings I used.

ISO (Film Speed) 100
Shutter Priority
1/320 Second Exposure Time
F7.10 Aperture

A tripod was definitely a must.

I made a few adjustments in Photoshop. Mainly brightness and color saturation. I also sharpened it a bit and of course cropped it. That's about it though.

Gotta go for now but I'll be back real soon. Please stop back and see what I share next.

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October 8, 2014 - Photo Of The Day

Okay, you are probably going to be inundated with photos of the "Blood Moon" today but I was up early today so here is one more.

I was only loosely planing on getting up and shooting today's lunar eclipse but somehow it happened and here you go. I was very lucky to have a clear view after last nights rain. I am also glad I had a nice view from our driveway.

This is an early post for me so check back later for a possible second post. I'm not promising anything but you never know :)

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September 3, 2014 - Photo Of The Day

One of my favorite photographic subjects, as many of you may already know, is the Moon. I was on our back deck this evening planning another picture for today's photo and I noticed the Moon was pretty clear in the sky. Not as clear as I would have liked but enough for a few shots.

This isn't the best work I have done but I still think it came out okay. What do you think?

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I like the detail but I think it could have been sharper. I think some of it is due to me shooting it in full daylight. Maybe I'll give it another try tomorrow and share it in a future post.

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