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Full Moon through a gap in the clouds

Tuesday, 3. November 2009, 21:41:46

It wasnt the best of opportunities, the cloud came over when i got back from work but with persistance i managed to catch a brief glimpse of the Full Moon. :yes: Not as good quality but better than nothing!

Just about visible.




Blink and you would miss it!



Hopefully it will be better tomorrow, doing my normal shift so should catch a nice rise like earlier this evening, its just typical that its briliant while you are working then when you finish its clouded over! Hope you enjoyed it though folks. :smile:

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Hunter's Moon Waxing, Full and Waning - with a Jupiter close encounter!

Sunday, 11. October 2009, 15:19:20

I caught a few clear evenings where the Moon was Waxing towards Full, Full and the other day, Waning back to Half. :D

Waxing Moon 29th September 2009.



Full Hunters Moon using my Tripod.



Waning Moon 9th October 2009.



Moon and Jupiter - taken using my Tripod.



It was nice observing the Moon and Jupiter close together and using my camera on the Tripod for the first time when taking photos made the Moon less fuzzy. :D

Also i experimented adjusting the brightness and contrast and unsharp mask to make even sharper shots. I wonder what the Moon will look like next time its full after the rocket they fired into it?

Hope you enjoyed that sequence folks. :D

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Summer Half Moon

Tuesday, 2. June 2009, 16:25:29

The Summer Moon, often called the Strawberry Moon due to this month is when the Strawberries are ripe and picked. :D You have to wait until around 9pm now to get the moon which is great, i love these long daylight hours.

Taken 31st May 2009.



Taken 1st June 2009.



Its the same Moon each month but it always fascinates me and makes me want to take 50 or so photos of it each night! :lol:

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"Worm Moon" Sequence 1st to 11th March 2009

Monday, 16. March 2009, 17:05:41

The Full Moon phase in March is called "Worm Moon" called that because the worms start to thrive when Spring wakes up, its also known as the "Spring Moon" - i like the latter better but its good to go by its Farmers Almanac. :smile:

I have been taking photos of it over a 10 day period where i saw it as a thin crescent to when it was half full and when it was totally full.

I did hope i could do each day but whats the chance of having 28 clear evenings in a row in the UK? lol it could happen! P: Here it is as a Crescent on 1st march. It was tricky getting the setting right with my Canon 1000D DSLR with the 70mm-300mm lens but the more i practised with it, the better i became which was good.

Crescent Moon - 1st March 2009.



2nd and 3rd March was overcast/Moon obscured.

Half Moon - 4th March 2009.



Just over Half Moon - 5th March 2009.



6th and 7th March was overcast/Moon obscured.

Three Quarter Moon - 8th March 2009.



9th and 11th March was overcast/Moon obscured.

Full Moon - 10th March 2009. (Totality was at 02:38am on the 11th.)



Using minus brightness and increased contrast to reduce the glare.




Hope you all enjoyed that as much as i did. Hopefully it will be clearer so i can catch nearly all 28 days including the after Full Moon. :D

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The Full Moon taken with Canon 1000D

Wednesday, 11. February 2009, 08:53:31

I saw the full Moon last night as it was clear for a change, shame about the eclipse being the day before when it was pouring with rain though but ah well there will be more of them. :smile: I started to experiment with my Canon 1000D.

First shot as it was rising with a bit of cloud crossing it.



In Aperture AV mode it takes a long time probably because its dark and i might need a tripod but on Manual mode (M) i practised and after a lot of blurry shots, i came up with this photo that shows some detail of the craters.



Taken with the Sigma DG 70-300mm lens on M at 5.6, at 1/1250, i need to experiment more with it but this was fine for a first attempt. :D

Hope you enjoyed that! :D

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Sunday Morning Full Moon

Monday, 26. November 2007, 07:32:06

I got up nice and early to take pics of the Full Moon as the sun was rising. I cant seem to get a very good close up shot but with practice i probably can, or i might need a stronger camera for that i suppose.

Pre Dawn darkness.



Dawn.



Full Moon cropped close from original image.



I might buy one of those telescopes one day then i can take pics of the Moon through that.:smile:

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