[Theme] Show us your best moon (and solar system) images

[Øivind Tøien]

A very new moon over Chena Ridge in Fairbanks today. The irregularities at the edge of the moon is due to shooting though inversion layers.

[Jakov Minić]

Another great moon shot Øivind. I actually think that the moon irregularities add to the image
Because of the warm white balance it looks like it was shot in a desert

[Akira]

Love the faint crescent moon, Øivind!

[Øivind Tøien]

Thanks for the comments both of you. Yes those sodium street lights might confuse the perception of snow (I used a slightly modified daylight white balance to avoid that the reds of the late sunset was canceled out). Jakov, I agree that the irregularities on the moon adds something. I  wish I had brought the 300PF with me in addition to the 105/2.5; it would have been nice with a closeup of those "waves" on the moon.

[John Geerts]

A very subtle moon in combination with these lovely oranges. A Beauty.

[ColinM]

Thanks for the comment Colin. I had a try at Jupiter a couple of nights ago....

A crop of the same; yes five moons in one shot with the 105/2.5 !
NIKON 1 AW1, 600 mm 1/6 s, ISO 1600, probably at effective f/8 or f/11.

Hi Øivind, I have only just caught up with these.
That's some magnification you're working withy there. But this just goes to show that using an apparently "low-spec" camera like the AW1 works fine when thought and care goes into taking the shot.

Excellent to see this level of detail

[Øivind Tøien]

Thanks for the kind comments John and Colin. Yes, in the case of getting Jupiter details it helps to get as much pixels as possible on the subject. The other major variable is a day with quiet atmospheric conditions.

[armando_m]

70-300 vr and V1
100% crop

[Øivind Tøien]

Nice - impressive amount of detail you got out of that lens. The orientation is different from what a high latitude resident like me is used to; quite refreshing.
I got a blurry view of the moon again today, but decided it was too cloudy.

[Akira]

Shot eight years ago with D40.

[Fons Baerken]

[armando_m]

Nice - impressive amount of detail you got out of that lens. The orientation is different from what a high latitude resident like me is used to; quite refreshing.
I got a blurry view of the moon again today, but decided it was too cloudy.

Thank you, The night was very clear
and I spent a bit of time in PP

[PeterN]

This is definitely not the best photo but it has a nice detail. I was playing a bit with the then new 300PF when I heard the copter. As it was close to this position, I did not have time to bring shutter speed down and aperture up. So the copter seems to be falling out of the sky.
The detail: the plane towards the bottom on the left side. I only noticed it after using the dehaze function in PP.

[Tom Hook]

The tree line of my neighbor's farm at sunset with just a slip of a moon.

[Øivind Tøien]

Nice new contributions here. I like the calm of your image Fons. Colin, it is always funny with those helicopters falling out of the sky, I am surprised you were able to keep all 3 objects focused. Tom, nice how your moon balances those beautiful sunset colors.


The moon can be used as a source of back-light, but inevitably the face does not show (in this case somewhat past last full moon).
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A repeat form the old forum, from a very late night ski trip home from work. (As I recall timing got perfect because of a very long Skype conversation with Bjørn    ).
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And finally an old film scan from a handheld shot with my Yashica T-4 on a frosty night.
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