crazy moon tonight!

When I let the dogs out at midnight, it looked as bright as dusk....i was like WTF?! Then I looked up and nearly shat myself. Never saw the moon do this before. it's called a "moonbow" like a rainbow. I couldn't get the camera to focus for shit, but it gives you an idea...

http://www.thirdshiftstudios.com/ima...bs/moonBow.jpg

http://www.thirdshiftstudios.com/ima...s/moonBow2.jpg

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Set the camera on a tri pod, manually focus it and set it to take a long exposure. Should come out pretty good.

I just took some shots. One moment.

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/p...S/PICT0105.jpg

I am not seeing it....

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I am not seeing it....

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brb i'm gonna check it out

i saw this on 4chan too.

i was wayyyyy to lazy to get up and check it out. is this a regional thing?

I saw the same thing about 4 years ago. It was sweet.

Lots of good shots of the moon ring/halo on this site:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...play.php?f=136
And most are from the OH, KY, IN, VA area!

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wrong... i've seen it lots of times...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(optical_phenomenon)

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Set the camera on a tri pod, manually focus it and set it to take a long exposure. Should come out pretty good.

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i ALWAYS use a tripod :toetap:
Did a 20 and 30 sec exposure @ f28
then did a 2 second exposure @ f4

It just kept blowing out the moonscape.

Wolfe sent me a cool email:

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sorry, cannt post on ls1 for some reason. Colol moonshot, couple things that might help, might also be crap you already thought of...



short exposure, moon is bright

steady! tripod w/ mirror lockup / tripod / remote release. (small angle of view)

aperature ... give and take:
small f# will shorten the exposure and be more forgiving on camera movement (&pic blurr) but will give less room for error in focus.

big f# will need a steady (very steady) camera but will not have focus issues (set focus to hyperfocial plus a bit to be sure)

I have tried moon shots and have only gotten marginal results. It is not easy!


Cool looking moonbow. Never seen that. I checked and it is gone, (i'm a little north of you)

one more for you. A partial moon gives more surface detail. The line between light/dark on teh partial moon has shadows that show the craters.

I'm done babbling. Cool shots. keep posting them!!

Wolfie

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i ALWAYS use a tripod :toetap:
Did a 20 and 30 sec exposure @ f28
then did a 2 second exposure @ f4

It just kept blowing out the moonscape.

Wolfe sent me a cool email:

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Doesn't look like he knows what he is talking about. :hide:
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i ALWAYS use a tripod :toetap:
Did a 20 and 30 sec exposure @ f28
then did a 2 second exposure @ f4

It just kept blowing out the moonscape.

Wolfe sent me a cool email:

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i am a tripod... :hasquint:

Saw it last night too. Was walking laps around my neighborhood and thought holy shit its bright out. My pictures are similar but I was using my phone :lol:

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i always use a tripod :toetap:
Did a 20 and 30 sec exposure @ f28
then did a 2 second exposure @ f4

it just kept blowing out the moonscape.

Wolfe sent me a cool email:

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dslr, a300?

I've seen it before, its trippy...my great grandad used to say that meant rain was coming.


couldnt see it here cuz it was raining, lol

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Lots of good shots of the moon ring/halo on this site:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...play.php?f=136
And most are from the OH, KY, IN, VA area!

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Gloriole FTW!!!!

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dslr, a300?

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yes actually

i saw another moon tonight, that kinda freaked me out.


just a second i'll get up a pic