Showing posts with label night photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label night photography. Show all posts

Monday, July 22, 2013

July 21 Full Moon

  Capturing the moon in its full glory...

I checked my Garmin Fenix GPS watch and it showed a full moon sign.
Shortly before dinner, I can see the moon lit up brightly up in the sky.
This was a good opportunity to capture the lunar landscape with my Canon EF400mm F4.0L and with a 1.4x teleconvertor, I can extend the focal length to 560mm.

At 560mm focal length
70% crop
I spent about 20-minutes capturing the scene on a tripod and cable shutter release.
After making sure that there were no vibrations, I checked the playback of the images and was quite satisfied with the results.

Post-processing...

To get the most out of it, I played with the exposure values and tweaked the contrast on the images.
I wanted to show the moon against a black sky and the contrast on its surface.
By using the Adobe Lightroom 4, I was able to highlight the dark colours on the moon's surface.
With a full-frame body, it was possible to do a 70% crop without losing the clarity of the image.
After sifting through the lot of images, I settled for three frames which I am really happy to show..