Super Full Moon

[Night Train]

Here's my effort

For all the time I have been looking at the moon, since early childhood, with and without a telescope, I have never been able to visualise the man in the moon that other people seem to be able to see.

 

[Panter]

Thanks guys

For all the time I have been looking at the moon, since early childhood, with and without a telescope, I have never been able to visualise the man in the moon that other people seem to be able to see.

Nor me!

 

[661-Pete]

Nice image, Panter. Could you give us some details about equipment/exposure, etc.?

Personally, all right it may be a grand event for the doom-mongers and astrologers, but I don't see what the fuss is all about. The Moon goes through perigee (when it appears largest) once every month, it's just that perigee doesn't usually coincide with the Full Moon, so you normally see the largest possible moon at some different phase. And Full Moon isn't the best time of the month to observe the moon: you can see far more detail at one of the Quarters.

Ah well.....

 

[lazyfatgit]

dont know if it was bigger than avaergae here, but it looked good in the sky as i drove west to climb the Gibraltar range at 06:00 this morning. Unfortunately i had keft the camera with the GF.

 

[ianrauk]

For all the time I have been looking at the moon, since early childhood, with and without a telescope, I have never been able to visualise the man in the moon that other people seem to be able to see.

The moon is made of cheese you know!

 

[Cheule]

I was tempted to post a pic of my bum (which does kind of look like a full moon and probably about the same size) but then I rose above it ;-)

 

[oliglynn]

Here's my effort

That could just be a picture of a normal sized moon! You should have held up a ruler or something in the photo to give us an idea of scale....

 

[Night Train]

The moon is made of cheese you know!

Yes, but I still can't see the man in the cheese either.

 

[Panter]

Nice image, Panter. Could you give us some details about equipment/exposure, etc.?

Thank you
Unfortunately I don't have the EXIF data as I played around with the contrast in PIXLR which lost it, but it's about as follows:

Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 150-500mm (at 500mm)
f11 (or 18, I tried with both)
Mode: Manual
Shutter speed: Can't remember exactly, but surprisingly high. Certainly over 1/125
ISO: 200
Tripod mounted and fired using remote release.
Post image processing (brightness & contrast) in PIXLR
Focus by autofocus (AF-S.) I started in manual (set to infinity) but it was blurry. Luckily the AF seemed to have no problem at all.


I actually got some pretty decent images right from the off, thanks to this article which highlights just how brightly illuminated the Moon actually is

That could just be a picture of a normal sized moon! You should have held up a ruler or something in the photo to give us an idea of scale....

I shall make sure to do that next time

 

[Bman]

Well your pic Panter blows my few out of the water.

So much so, its not even worth posting. It was worth attempting anyway

 

[Arch]

For all the time I have been looking at the moon, since early childhood, with and without a telescope, I have never been able to visualise the man in the moon that other people seem to be able to see.

It's much harder with a telescope, or a photo, but it's sort of roughly a bit like this:



I agree, it's a bit tenuous, but I guess it's down to the same need to see patterns as creates the constellations.

 

[Night Train]

It's much harder with a telescope, or a photo, but it's sort of roughly a bit like this:

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I agree, it's a bit tenuous, but I guess it's down to the same need to see patterns as creates the constellations.

I suppose my lack of ability with faces doesn't help, I probably can't see what I am supposed to be looking at.

Wouldn't happen to be a Piccaso woud it?

 

[Arch]

I suppose my lack of ability with faces doesn't help, I probably can't see what I am supposed to be looking at.

Wouldn't happen to be a Piccaso woud it?

I have days when I feel like that, only with a smaller bust.

I find that the 'man in the moon' is less obvious in photos, so I wonder if there's an element of dazzle in there too - in photos, the light is flatter, less brilliant.

 

[TheDoctor]

I have days when I feel like that

Bit more water with it, maybe?