SorrellE

la lune

Apr, 2013

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in my own back garden, through the lens of a large telescope that unfortunately, I have yet to understand fully.

Time

I took this photo around 9pm during the English winter, needless to say it was definitely dark enough!

Lighting

With this image, lighting was pretty much provided. All I could mention is that there was one particularly bright street lamp off to the right that was anything but helpful.

Equipment

I used my canon 600D, mounting the camera and my faithful 35mm lens onto the telescope (using a specialist adaptor fixed onto the eyepiece). This allowed me to capture this close up view of the moon and its beautiful features that can not be appreciated with the naked eye.

Inspiration

I am inspired by all kinds of photography, from astrophotography to iPhonography; literally to the moon and back. This image is the perfect expression of that.

Editing

This image is so simple all that was really left to do was to mess round with the levels a little. However since taking this photo I have used this image in multiple Projects, including a digital collage series inspired by pre-Raphaelite art and a surrealism project exploring Magritte's "Dominion of Light", both of these projects can be seen on my photography blog, 'Shutter Island' at http://emilysorrellphotography.wordpress.com

In my camera bag

As someone of fairly small stature, I tend not to carry my enormous bag around with me, I prefer to always carry my iPhone and iPhonography lenses (which attach on to the case) for everyday photography, and then bring my canon and lens of choice when I am working on a project and go out with a particular photograph in mind. I am not a conventional photographer who has a huge DSLR perpetually welded to their hand as I am superstitious and think that whenever I bring my huge DSLR to lug around with me, there is never anything interesting to photograph.

Feedback

When taking Astrophotography images, stack them, the more the better as this will improve brightness and clarity. Focus to infinity and do not overexpose. You do not need a telescope in order to be able to take photos of the sky, use a tripod and try a time-lapse showing the star trails or the phases of the moon in the sky. I am no expert in astrophotography, but that is exactly why you should have a go, because it is possible to get great results without even knowing how on earth the telescope works.

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Behind The Lens

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