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Late spring waxing gibbous
Late spring waxing gibbous
giantmike


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Madison, WI
Date: May 24, 2010
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: May 24, 2010

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Comments: 3
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 Ever since getting my new 70-300 lens, I have been waiting for a clear night to test it with a moon shot. Finally, I got the opportunity, and grabbed this one.

To make sure I got it as clear as possible, I exposed as bright as I could without blowing out any highlights, used mirror lockup, turned off the image stabilization, and used a cable release.

Post processing included playing a bit with brightness and contrast, turned down saturation, sharpening a good amount, and turning off almost all noise reduction (all in RAW).

Focal length here was the full 300mm

Edit: I updated the image with one that was less exposed, as suggested by bassbone. It shows even better what the lens can do :)

This looks much better than the EF-S 55-250 IS lens, see highly processed example here:

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 05/25/2010 07:54:22 AM
Originally posted by bassbone:
If you shorten that exposure more - 1/250 or so and fire it at about f8 - you might end up even sharper...


Thanks for the info bassbone. I will definitely try those tips out :).
 05/25/2010 07:02:37 AM
If you shorten that exposure more - 1/250 or so and fire it at about f8 - you might end up even sharper...

Remember that the moon is actually a big reflector of the sun, so it is going to be bright (as if in the daytime). Here is a recent take I did of the moon at much much faster shutter speed (the highs are not as blown out as seen in your attempt)

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 05/24/2010 11:55:05 PM
Much better glass
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