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PaW 2009 Week 2: Waxing Gibbous
PaW 2009 Week 2: Waxing Gibbous
marcbenton


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Camera: Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 II/III USM
Location: Reston, Virginia
Date: Jan 9, 2009
Aperture: f/5.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Sky
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2009

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Comments: 19
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 My apologies for those looking for interesting pictures in the PaW pool but I just got a new 75-300mm lens and had to try it out. The moon is always my first target for a new camera and especially a telephoto lens. I'll try to be more interesting in the future but for now I'm happy with this. My theme after all is Improvement and new equipment falls in that category (if I use it right that is :D ).

BTW, a waxing gibbous moon is at 98% vice being a full moon.

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 01/25/2009 01:27:31 AM
Terrific capture....so much to look at on the moon.
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 01/22/2009 12:03:20 AM
Nice close up of Moon. Not very sharp, but I understand the limitations you were working with here.
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 01/18/2009 12:57:54 AM
Very good job on the getting the exposure correct, I have problems with that myself. You may want to try desaturating to get rid of the greenish ring, or perhaps just using a color tool.
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 01/15/2009 09:46:26 PM
This is a great moon shot!
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 01/13/2009 02:29:03 PM
Nice moon shot, but the green is a little disturbing. Good luck with your new lens, it has a nice range.
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 01/11/2009 10:40:00 PM
PAW - Very impressive, sharp, well exposed shot of the moon for a 75-300 zoom. I tried this before with my 18-200 and it didn't turn out well at all. I tried again tonight with similar results. I did it hand-held with stabilization turned on. A tripod would probably work better. Did you use fully manual exposure settings? It's hard to get good exposure with automatic. You may have gotten even a better shot with lower ISO.
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 01/11/2009 12:01:02 PM
Very cool shot!
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 01/11/2009 11:42:53 AM
Lol, I thought green cheese too. Cool shot.
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 01/11/2009 09:06:19 AM
Hey buddy I'm with ya on trying out new toys - priorities, ya know!

I see the green fringe that was mentioned. Shutter speed 1/125th; did you use a tripod? The pic is nice and sharp. Just fyi I think it's an interesting and worthy PAW.
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 01/10/2009 08:15:45 PM
Ohmygosh. I don't know about the rest of our PAW buds, but I find this VERY interesting. I LOVE moon photos. And this is fabulous. I thiiiink you (and us) are going to love that new lens. What a great job it did on this.

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 01/10/2009 04:36:12 PM
Great start! I see good detail in the moon. You might try desaturating the greens to get the green fringe to go away. Or maybe that's the green cheese...
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 01/10/2009 01:19:04 PM
Play with the contrast a bit and you'll really bring out the craters on the moon's surface. Nice shot
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 01/10/2009 12:27:53 PM
new equipment is always fun. it seems a bit "gray," maybe play with the brightness/exposure just a hair, or contrast just a bit?
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 01/10/2009 07:26:16 AM
Hey, I love moon photos. Great lens! Looking forward to what else you shoot with it :)
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 01/10/2009 03:58:00 AM
Good moon. Good lens. Good luck :)
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 01/10/2009 12:55:08 AM
Cool moon shot Marc! Isn't it fun to try out your new gear and see what it's capable of? You will find more ways to take this same image, over and over and over.... LOL Been there, still doing that!
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 01/09/2009 11:36:30 PM
awesome!
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 01/09/2009 10:41:21 PM
great shot and DYK ... this is the biggest full moon of 2009? Just a bit of trivia :)
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 01/09/2009 10:23:15 PM
Very nice I think I see the american flag.
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