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Exploring the moon a bit closer. October 8, 2013. Photo taken with iPhone, 8" dobsonian, 25mm eyepiece, 2 x Barlow and moon filter. This is one of my older phot...
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Exploring the moon a bit closer. October 8, 2013. Photo taken with iPhone, 8" dobsonian, 25mm eyepiece, 2 x Barlow and moon filter. This is one of my older photos, I'm including it in this collection because of the way the light strikes it
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Dec, 2013

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Superb Composition

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Outstanding Creativity

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All Star

Exceptional Contrast

Magnificent Capture

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Nature
Night

Good looking shot.

Cool capture! Very nice work!

Dude I love the moon and taking photos of it so these pics you have are totally awesome,I don't think n.a.s.a have really been this close to the moon, outstanding bro.

Lol this one was a play on the light from the just setting sun. The sky was just getting dark, so when the moon came into view on the edge of the eyepiece I snapped the shot. The darkness from the eyepiece with the dwindling light in the sky gives the look of a light shining from the direction of the sun. It did add a bit of lighting composition to the shot that you don't typically get on moon shots. Hard shot to pull off but the effects are amazing. I believe the moon was about 30 deg behind the setting sun that night

amazing work with an iphone

Amazing

I love it.

fantastic!!

Amazing what you can do with a phone camera today. Beautiful catch...

Great capture for an iPhone, I'll have to try it out with mine

Great shot

Really nice.

Amazing lighting and so well shot!

PRO

My goodness....that is incredbile!

I love these shots, what Telescope/Camera combination do you use? I an interested to start Astro Photography, but have NO idea where to begin

Platinum

Jealous lol.. This is awesome!! :)

very nice!!

thats crazy

Astounding. Voted!

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Behind The Lens

Location

In my front yard.

Time

About 30 minutes after the sun went down

Lighting

Lol... Used natural sun light, reflected off the moon. The sun was just below the horizon, and hitting the moon with that special light you get when its that time of night.

Equipment

Camera was Nikon D3200 if I remember correctly. Lens was an Orion dobsonian 8" telescope. Had a light zero density filter and a yellow planetary filter.

Inspiration

I was experimenting with filters, my favorite is a blue for the moon, but used a yellow to see how it turned out.

Editing

No not really, just adjusted slightly on contrast with the Nikon software

In my camera bag

D3200, 50mm lens, sigma 70-300 lens, and the 18-55 stock lens that came with the D3200. An assortment of filters, tripod and shutter release button. Oh and my iPhone ... I usually take a few pics with my phone to start out to get a feel for the environment.

Feedback

The best photos of the moon, if you want detail are when its not full and catching the light face on. It's like taking a portrait, if the light is straight on front of face, it will be flat, dulling the features. When its waxing or waning, the light hits at an angle and you get the wonderful highlights and shadows caused by the mountains, valleys and craters. A telescope is a must too to get the close details of a shot like this. So glad you enjoyed the photo, and thanks for the opportunity to be part of ViewBug community

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