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[Tywais]

Stepped out back earlier this evening to an orange moon.  Focus was a bit of an issue as had to shoot between branches but did get it on a tripod first and set the timer.  Still learning the camera and forgot about manual focus capability.  Still, in the original the craters are visible on the edges.

[Tywais]

Taken a little while later in clearer air.  Panasonic GH2 100-300mm(200-600mm 35mm equivalent) set at 600mm.  1/800 Sec ISO 400 F5.6  - cropped.

[msg362]

Tywais, on 2012-02-09 22:39:37, said:

Taken a little while later in clearer air.  Panasonic GH2 100-300mm(200-600mm 35mm equivalent) set at 600mm.  1/800 Sec ISO 400 F5.6  - cropped.

Yes, with the smoke from the burning, while it gives a nice orange/red colour, makes for very hazy photos. Have you tried videoing the moon using the EX Tele setting? At 300 mm x 2.6 the moon moves very fast!!!

[Tywais]

msg362, on 2012-02-10 07:36:38, said:

Yes, with the smoke from the burning, while it gives a nice orange/red colour, makes for very hazy photos. Have you tried videoing the moon using the EX Tele setting? At 300 mm x 2.6 the moon moves very fast!!!

I realized after taking the 2nd shot that it wasn't a matter of focus but of the haze.  I thought about videoing with EX setting but my cheap tripod with it's plastic head sticks too much to be able to follow it if the FOV is as narrow as I suspect it will be.  Just a correction above, it's actually 600 mm x2.6 = 1560.  I believe if I set to crop mode (4:3, 1:1, etc.) I can use the EX Tele in photo mode?  Need to go through the manual again.  The other thing I may do is using the intervalometer and time lapse the moon.

These were instances where the touch screen LCD was quite useful as I could just touch the moon and it will focus follow as the cheap tripod & hand held were not that steady.

[msg362]

Tywais, on 2012-02-10 08:09:20, said:

msg362, on 2012-02-10 07:36:38, said:

Yes, with the smoke from the burning, while it gives a nice orange/red colour, makes for very hazy photos. Have you tried videoing the moon using the EX Tele setting? At 300 mm x 2.6 the moon moves very fast!!!

I realized after taking the 2nd shot that it wasn't a matter of focus but of the haze.  I thought about videoing with EX setting but my cheap tripod with it's plastic head sticks too much to be able to follow it if the FOV is as narrow as I suspect it will be.  Just a correction above, it's actually 600 mm x2.6 = 1560.  I believe if I set to crop mode (4:3, 1:1, etc.) I can use the EX Tele in photo mode?  Need to go through the manual again.  The other thing I may do is using the intervalometer and time lapse the moon.

These were instances where the touch screen LCD was quite useful as I could just touch the moon and it will focus follow as the cheap tripod & hand held were not that steady.

I'm no longer sure whether to use 35 mm sizes ( 600) or the actual ( 300). I still think in 35 mm terms ( Once had a 500 f4 nikon lens, very heavy!!). At max EX tele, the moon moves fast, you have to adjust the tripod every few minutes.

[Tywais]

msg362, on 2012-02-10 08:21:25, said:

I'm no longer sure whether to use 35 mm sizes ( 600) or the actual ( 300). I still think in 35 mm terms ( Once had a 500 f4 nikon lens, very heavy!!). At max EX tele, the moon moves fast, you have to adjust the tripod every few minutes.

For many years I shot with a Nikon FE film camera with a half dozen+ lenses including a 500mm catadioptric lens (light weight) so my point of reference is still in 35mm, it's my baseline so I always mentally convert.

[astral]

I didn't realise Chiang Mai has so much pollution  

Good shots, all the same

[Tywais]

astral, on 2012-02-10 14:21:06, said:

I didn't realise Chiang Mai has so much pollution  

Need to get these shots while I can as in a month or so may be lucky to see the mountains or the sun.

[xanniex]

nice photos I like all

[IanForbes]

Gee, Tywais, that looks just like the moon.