Waxing Gibbous Moon

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What equipment did you use here, Joel?
 
smr said:
80D and Sigma 150-600 Contemporary.
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The sencel count is very average but the reputation of
the lens — I don't know it myself – stands its ground.

So, my conclusion for the lack of critical focus includes…
  1. a visible blur possibly due to head or shooting technique and
  2. an AF Fine Tune that is not as perfect as it could be — I don't
    know canon so I don't know what is possible.
The addition off both render that result where you're on the way
to something very cool when the two issues are solved.

Very important to me: your WB is very pleasing! (y)(y)(y)
 
Looks pretty good to me..........:)

Perhaps a little noisy if you look at it closely.

Is it a one off shot, or a several stacked shots? (Money on the former)

Mj
 
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Kodiak Qc said:
The sencel count is very average but the reputation of
the lens — I don't know it myself – stands its ground.

So, my conclusion for the lack of critical focus includes…
  1. a visible blur possibly due to head or shooting technique and
  2. an AF Fine Tune that is not as perfect as it could be — I don't
    know canon so I don't know what is possible.
The addition off both render that result where you're on the way
to something very cool when the two issues are solved.

Very important to me: your WB is very pleasing! (y)(y)(y)
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Thanks for the feedback. It was manually focused. Head used is a Manfrotto XPro-3 way pan and tilt. I'd probably be better off with a gimbal which is on my shopping list.
 
smr said:
I'd probably be better off with a gimbal
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Not necessarily! Long lens have a weak point — weakness
depends on the maker but always there — the collar!

My Nikkor 600 + BlackWiddiow Pro II gimbal are not movement
free as the weakness is at the collar. So special care not to in-
troduce movement in the equation is critical.
 
Same lens and same 3 way head used here, albeit that my 550D is probably lighter than Joel's 80D, with no problems. I autofocus (I can't focus manually) then switch the lens to manual, take a number of shots, force the lens to refocus, try a few more, and pick the best. Same as I do with sun spots.
 
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