IF YOUR SKYS ARE CLEAR TONIGHT

[BarryDawsib]

get your camera and your longest lens out!
get in a shaded area away from all the street lights and take not of how bright and clear the moon is,,, and apparently to the right is Mars.

and I don't mean a man dangling chocolate from a fishing rod.

whether you photograph it of not I find at 200mm its enough to make out plenty of detail

 

[Bill19]

Its a bit crap but it is mars! 300% crop

 

[BarryDawsib]

shot of mars then I got!

 

[senna916]

get your camera and your longest lens out!
get in a shaded area away from all the street lights and take not of how bright and clear the moon is,,, and apparently to the right is Mars.

and I don't mean a man dangling chocolate from a fishing rod.

whether you photograph it of not I find at 200mm its enough to make out plenty of detail

Hi, I wasn't going to bother untill I saw your post so outside I went with my only lens 18-200 on max zoom and took this, I was well pleased. Hand held as well

 

[BarryDawsib]

had a few tweaks in Photoshop,, 5 stops down and it was still over exposed :/

 

[artyman]

These are the shots I got, Mars is a 100% crop, and about 3X relative to the Moon shot

http://SPAM/c3whur/jan/IMG_1124c.jpg

http://SPAM/c3whur/jan/IMG_1127c.jpg

 

[BarryDawsib]

some detail there ken,,, mines well cropped in but then ive got nothing past 200mm.
what focal length did you shoot the moon at?

also gives me some perspective on exactly how far away mars is.

 

[chilliz]

My first moon shot, taken tonight. I couldn`t get a shot of Mars so the moon will have to do. Colour popped in PS.

 

[artyman]

Shot with a Sigma 150-500 +1.4 Manual focus 10 sec delay with mirror locked up

 

[Scarecrow]

,,, and apparently to the right is Mars.

Actually it's to the left this evening. It'll move progressively more to the right tomorrow evening and beyond as the moon continues it's orbit.

 

[Graham00]

Brrrrr b****r that it's SOOOO cold !
well done on the shots i find it fascinating ***.

 

[BarryDawsib]

Shot with a Sigma 150-500 +1.4 Manual focus 10 sec delay with mirror locked up

theeeeeeww, thats a long lens!

details you've got seem worth it

my settings were also mirror lock and manual focus. will dig out the shutter speeds later.

 

[ThomasB]

here's my first go, 500mm, f8, 2 stops down.

 

[Mud]

Not great, but here's 500/8 w/ 1.4x Kenko TC.

 

[Rob.Richards]

Can you see mars tonight? IF so, I might have to give this a try after midnight when I finish work!

 

[Spuff]

Wow, that was cold out there tonight - the neighbours probably wondered what on Earth I was doing with a hair dryer in the middle of the garden (trying to get the condensation/ice off the lens)....anyway a couple of moons which are nearly there:



And from the above image a 100% crop



Taken at 1/800 sec
2350mm SCT at about f10

They could do with some better processing but I underestimated the brightness of the moon tonight so they were a bit overexposed.

 

[Dudie]

First go at the moon for me tonight, but no Mars. Taken with my 50D and the cheap and cheerful Sigma 70-300, tripod, manual focus, mirror lockup, 2 sec timer.

 

[Andy]

With 85mm being my longest lens I got no hope. Heres my effort, its Mars believe it or not.

 

[-spb-]

Here's my effort of the moon, eos 450d with the sigma 70-300mm apo attached.

 

[Ape]

First go at the moon for me tonight, but no Mars. Taken with my 50D and the cheap and cheerful Sigma 70-300, tripod, manual focus, mirror lockup, 2 sec timer.

I've tried all sorts of settings tonight, and just can't get that level of detail. Using a Tamron 70 - 300 it still comes out a little whitewashed

 

[Andy]

I've tried all sorts of settings tonight, and just can't get that level of detail. Using a Tamron 70 - 300 it still comes out a little whitewashed

Then its not your settings its your focus, try manual focus on live view.

 

[Ape]

okidoke, will do, not got live view though, I'm using a D60

EDIT: No luck on Manual either

 

[Cliff.Barnes]

Nice and bright here in Valencia.

Taken with my 70-300mm:

 

[Raj_p]

This is my lame attempt, camera held in my hand, pic taken from my bedroom.

Exposure:0.02 sec (1/50), Aperture:f/5.6, Focal Length:200 mm, ISO Speed:100

 

[Ape]

Nice and bright here in Valencia.

Taken with my 70-300mm:

what were your settings?

 

[Cliff.Barnes]

what were your settings?

I had it on manual, zoomed to 300m and took several attempts with various settings. This particular photo was taken with aperture f/13, speed 1/400s and ISO 200.
Maybe I should have tweaked the levels in photoshop a bit to increase the contrast but I quite like the natural look.

 

[Dudie]

I've tried all sorts of settings tonight, and just can't get that level of detail. Using a Tamron 70 - 300 it still comes out a little whitewashed

f/8, 1/125sec at ISO200 for mine. Live view helps when trying to nail the focus, unlike the less than precise focusing ring on the Sigma 70-300

 

[RogDen31]

heres mine 300 mm+1.7tc, 1/640 @f10 200iso on a D300

 

[leftcurl]

i chickened out... i tried (to no avail) to take one thru the patio doors with a sigma 50-500mm. i've not got the images to hand (i'm at work) but i was getting about a 300-400 shutter speed at around f7. now i'm just going to have to stop being a big girl and get outside tonight instead of faffing with blurred edges through glass doors!! :baby: