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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Nice shot. I would only add first, try quarter moons and anything but a nearly full moon, much more interesting due to shadows; a really good steady tripod is also a must - especially the longer the lens. Finally, did you know that a black cat in sunlight is approx 20,000 X brighter than a full moon?'"
Thanking you.
I do shoot other phases of the moon from time to time and you're spot on that they are more interesting. I only got the camera out for this one because the sudden appearance of fur on the back of my hands suggested the time was right - unfortunately the weather wasn't and I was a day late.
My kit is of mixed quality. The 200mm lens and 1.7x teleconverter are both top notch pieces of kit and I can get pretty much the same detail with just these two shooting at 340mm - just a smaller image of the moon. The addition of a further (dirt cheap) 2x teleconverter gives me a bigger image but with little improvement in the quality. Can't justify buying a higher quality 2x teleconverter so this combination will have to do.
Spot on regarding the tripod, sound advice.
As regards the last fact, I will take your word for that.  |
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| Quote: Bluesky "...
As regards the last fact, I will take your word for that. ![]()
Oh, not me, but the genius that is astronomer Bob Berman. He did an article recently about albedo, which is on a scale of 0 to 1, with 0 being zero reflectivity and 1 pure white. Fresh snow is 0.9, the planet Venus about 0.7. Anyway, it turns out the albedo of the Moon from Earth is only about 0.08, which is about the same as black paint.  The brightest streaks on your image are about the same "brightness" as wet soil in daylight!
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| Quote: Bluesky "Does seem like that amount falls between ranges.
If you are leaning towards staying with Nikon it may be worth trying to PM Ginger Jon. At some point in the past I think he upgraded from a D40 to a D90 - he may be able to offer you some advice.'"
I did indeed, although it was the oft-forgotten D40X I made the leap from.
The step-up isn't huge - the D90 still has most of the fall-back modes you expect from an entry camera but it's well-built and responds nice and quick, and can fire off a decent number of frames per second. Quality in RAW is excellent and in jpg pretty impressive. I don't know how it compares to newer entry price cameras but compared to the D40(X) it has more AF options and is faster to find focus - you can also use it to control slave flashes, which I don't think you can on entry level cameras. You can find it body only for about £500. |
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| The flattest water I've ever seen coupled with the sun at the right angle had me rapidly pulling the car over to grab this shot near Coniston yesterday...
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| Quote: Iain "The flattest water I've ever seen coupled with the sun at the right angle had me rapidly pulling the car over to grab this shot near Coniston yesterday...
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Awesome, absolutely speechless!
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Wow indeed! You can hardly seen the join!!
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| Quote: Iain "The flattest water I've ever seen coupled with the sun at the right angle had me rapidly pulling the car over to grab this shot near Coniston yesterday...
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| Quote: rover49 "Very nice ![]()
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| Quote: Iain "The flattest water I've ever seen coupled with the sun at the right angle had me rapidly pulling the car over to grab this shot near Coniston yesterday...
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Oxbridge graduates with educated lisps campaigning for blue salt bags in their tatey crisps
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| Quote: Iain "The flattest water I've ever seen coupled with the sun at the right angle had me rapidly pulling the car over to grab this shot near Coniston yesterday...
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Well spotted, nice shot |
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Would have been better without the chair.
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Does anyone else on here have a website for their photography? I've just gone with one of those free ones for the time being, but I think it looks okay, pretty easy to navigate - what do you think?
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