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Post by Peterj on Dec 8, 2017 15:10:32 GMT
I was fortunate to have broken cloud cover for this month's supermoon. I captured stills, tweaked in ON1 Photo RAW and created a short video using iMovie. |
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Post by whippet on Dec 8, 2017 19:21:08 GMT
What a moon, wish I had seen it.
I think that is very clever, Peterj. Well done.
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Post by hmca on Dec 8, 2017 21:27:25 GMT
Nice captures, Peterj. Can you give us some info as to camera settings? |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 8, 2017 23:10:40 GMT
Enjoyed the video Peterj thanks for sharing. The moon looked wonderful.
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Post by cats4jan on Dec 9, 2017 2:09:39 GMT
Amazing shots. I like that you put them in a movie - makes them even more impressive
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Post by Peterj on Dec 9, 2017 3:14:42 GMT
Thank you whippet, hcma, BillieJean, & cats4jan
Settings iso ~200, f6.3, 1/125
Since the cloud cover was dynamic I had iso in auto therefore some of the exposures were iso 400
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Post by hmca on Dec 9, 2017 3:32:33 GMT
Thanks, Peterj. I have yet to get a picture of the moon that I'm happy with. One more question, if you don't mind.....could you tell me what lens you used? |
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Post by Peterj on Dec 9, 2017 4:30:25 GMT
Thanks, Peterj . I have yet to get a picture of the moon that I'm happy with. One more question, if you don't mind.....could you tell me what lens you used? I've long ago given up lens swapping and DSLRs. I have a Panasonic Lumix fz300 which has a fixed Leica lens. The 35mm specs for this lens 25-600 mm f2.8 over the entire zoom range. Because I envisioned a short slide show of the moon rising I used a tripod and the free wifi Panasonic App Image on my iPhone to control the camera. |
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Post by hmca on Dec 9, 2017 5:01:54 GMT
Thanks, Peterj........I shoot my granddaughter's gymnastic meets. That's quite a zoom range.....need to check that out. |
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Post by Sydney on Dec 9, 2017 5:27:29 GMT
Nice time lapse photography - well done Peter.
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Post by cats4jan on Dec 9, 2017 9:49:53 GMT
I believe the secret to getting great night photos is the tripod. I rest my camera against a fixed object and still there is movement which ruins my shot. And of course, I have a lousy camera for night shots. LOL
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Post by Peterj on Dec 9, 2017 15:08:21 GMT
I believe the secret to getting great night photos is the tripod. I rest my camera against a fixed object and still there is movement which ruins my shot. And of course, I have a lousy camera for night shots. LOL I'll add to the secret - a remote shutter release of some sort. I really like the capability Panasonic provides with it's app: ev, iso, focus point, zoom, fstop, + exposure time all from a smart device. the camera is a wifi transmitter so this is totally independent of your home network. |
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Post by Bailey on Dec 10, 2017 1:05:22 GMT
Thank you whippet, hcma, BillieJean, & cats4jan Settings iso ~200, f6.3, 1/125 Since the cloud cover was dynamic I had iso in auto therefore some of the exposures were iso 400 Hi Peter, Your camera has a 25-600mm (35mm equiv.) focal range. Out of curiosity, what focal length did you use for the shots? It appears that you might have been able to zoom in a lot tighter to get more detail from the moon and still include much of the foreground (trees). Also, another tip: The moon in photos 9 and onward is slightly blown out on my screen. These are probably the ISO 400 photos. You might be able to recover most of the detail if you adjust their exposure in Camera Raw, or your favourite RAW editor, to be the same as the earlier shots where I can see much more detail on the moon. For example, if the previous photos were shot with ISO 200 then you can adjust the exposure in the slightly blown out photos down by 1 stop in the RAW editor, since the difference between ISO 200 and ISO 400 is 1 stop. Just some food for thought. |
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