couple more moon shots

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taken these over the last few days with my new 100-400, quite happy, but i wonder if anyone can tell me why there apears to be a blue edge to the top of the moon, this was also ther before any pp was done, thanks for looking
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moon2-1.jpg
 
Not sure about blue tinge nut I think photographs are excellent, what were the setting and post production work.
 
i try loads of shots and take the best changing iso etc, nomally keep the iso at 100, but the first one is iso 400, f/5.6 and 1/160, the second is iso 100, f/5.6 and 1/60, both raw with a lot of sharpening to bring out the craters, thanks for the compliment too, i think its just trial and error as i read use iso 100, f9 and 1/160
 
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You will probably find the the blue edge is in fact blown highlights.
and that your white balance is "out"
Giving the blue tint. try warming them up a little and see if that does the trick.
or selective colour and turn down the "blue"

A very nice couple of images though (y)
 
blown highlights, can you explain what i have done wrong please, also think i should have changed the white balance before too, not sure what to though
 
Flying giraffe said:
blown highlights, can you explain what i have done wrong please, also think i should have changed the white balance before too, not sure what to though
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The moon is an incredibly bright object due to the suns reflection, as you probably know,
and quite a difficult subject especially when its full.
I wouldn't say that you have done anything wrong, but I would be inclined
to expose half to a full stop under (this will make the moon a little darker)
And then use the shadow / highlights tool to bring it up to the desired
brightness.
Try the WB set to cloudy. Even if its a bright night.
This tends to warm the image slightly as well. (canons especially do seem to have the habit of producing a blue-ish hue in some circumstances)
I can't read your EXIF data, but would suggest that around 1/200th-1/250th
and around f/11 would be a good starting point, with an ISO of 200 and WB set to cloudy.
 
done another tonight, set wb to daylight, iso 100, f9, 1/20, great tip about reducing blue, thanks Cobra
moon4.jpg
 
Glad your sorted (y)
 
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