The Moon - Travelling through the sky

[karl101 10]

Tonight the moon is at large.

 

Using the Sigma 150mm Macro Lens on a Canon 400D, using a timer to take a picture every 120 seconds. Plus a bit of photoshop....

 

 

It looks better on black:

 

K.

[corkneyfonz 10]

Fabulous capture, what was your technique?

[Jonobl 10]

Great picture. I believe it is at its closest on Saturday night (19th March)

[shirleyF 10]

Can I just ask why the moon is traveling in a straight line across your frame.

I would have thought it would scribe an arc.

[karl101 10]

Fabulous capture, what was your technique?

 

For the camera, I used a remote control timer: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004FKYBJM I had it take a picture every 120 seconds

 

After importing into lightroom, I adjusted the pictures, turned down the brightness, and cropped them, lightroom has a useful bulk adjust function.

 

I then exported them to DNG images and brought those into photoshop as layers (using bridge). I then used the stacking function to create the image. Then saved out and back into lightroom again for final adjustments.

 

K.

[karl101 10]

Can I just ask why the moon is traveling in a straight line across your frame.

I would have thought it would scribe an arc.

 

I was expecting an arc too. I think it was because at the time I was taking the pictures the moon was on the way up, before it'd reached the part where it starts to go back down.

 

K.

[SV500 10]

No,Its is traveling in an arc on the picture,thats how the Moon "travels" across the sky (its really the Earth turning)

To see the arc you would have to use a wider lens,

 

 

Good Image by the way

 

JJ..

[karl101 10]

Saturdays moon stack image, taken using a 15mm fisheye lens.

 

 

Looks better on black:

 

K.

Edited March 20, 2011 by karl101

[Grissom 10]

Nice pics, they remind me of this one on the NASA site, taken every 6 minutes to show paths of the sun, venus, the moon and jupiter

 

 

[ginger bimbo 10]

these images are brilliant, im going to try this ive also seen a photograph of a long exposure of stars which makes a glittery looking rainbow .. brilliant