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This was my first ever attempt to photograph a moon, and that Blue Moon was so spectacular, I had to try.

Info -
Fujifilm Finepix S4300 -
1/33s
Focal length 111.8mm -
f5.9
(35mm equivalent 1051mm.)
ISO- 400
taken at 9:00.26 p.m Wed. Aug.21/2013

Camera was on tripod, set in Landscape mode, flash surpressed, time delay of 10 seconds. I was well away from the tripod when the exposure was taken but I seem to see a bit of camera shake in this shot. Have to wonder if traffic going by on the road would set off some sort of vibration?

Critiques, please. Only way I'm going to learn

Liz

Pretty good considering. Have you sharpened it at all via software, it will tighten up a bit. Wonder why it's called Blue? Ed.

(Aug 23, 2013, 01:06)EdMak Wrote: [ -> ]Pretty good considering. Have you sharpened it at all via software, it will tighten up a bit. Wonder why it's called Blue? Ed.

Thanks, Ed - here's a link that explains why it's called 'Blue'

Blue Moon

Ran the image through Picasa, cropped it, enhanced Shadows but not fill light, sharpened it a bit, added a bit of saturation. Then into PSP, unsharp the mask. Then did a .jpg crunch through PSP to decrease the file size so it would load up on the internet in decent time (a habit left over from the days of dial-up connections )

Your comments are much appreciated.

Liz
Newmarket Cyber Seniors

What's your thoughts on this, bear in mind the small film size. Ed.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/guMKD6BU/DS...ropaa.html

(Aug 23, 2013, 09:17)EdMak Wrote: [ -> ]What's your thoughts on this, bear in mind the small film size. Ed.

http://www.4shared.com/photo/guMKD6BU/DS...ropaa.html

Like that!! Now what did you do to the image, and with what program?

Here's another image that went through PSP, unsharpened mask, enhanced hue and saturation

http://www.4shared.com/photo/qA76uwbS/moon1a.html

????? Photoshop, 2mts. Ed.

(Aug 23, 2013, 09:52)EdMak Wrote: [ -> ]http://www.4shared.com/photo/qA76uwbS/moon1a.html

????? Photoshop, 2mts. Ed.

Oh, wow!!

I think I need to start saving my pennies until I can afford to buy Photoshop - perhaps a visit to e-bay. that's a real inspiration

Thanks Ed

Before P/S, I was impressed with free, Photoscape. Ed.

http://photoscape-free.com/?gclid=CIDzr7...tAod6HUA8g

(Aug 23, 2013, 12:41)EdMak Wrote: [ -> ]Before P/S, I was impressed with free, Photoscape. Ed.

http://photoscape-free.com/?gclid=CIDzr7...tAod6HUA8g

I've downloaded it, and will give it a whirl later tonight. Oh boy, another learning curve!

Many thanks, Ed.

The yellow color is what reduces the image for me. You got it sharp enough--I can see craters at the edges of the circle which is what you would expect from a full moon image. I would make it monochrome--perhaps give it a blue hue.

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I used tone mapping and sharpening on the image. That brought out the contrast. You got the sharpness as well as could be expected. You can see the craters on the edges of the circle. The full moon is hard to photograph. (I hope you don't mind my meddling).

(Aug 24, 2013, 09:06)Don Schaeffer Wrote: [ -> ]I used tone mapping and sharpening on the image. That brought out the contrast. You got the sharpness as well as could be expected. You can see the craters on the edges of the circle. The full moon is hard to photograph. (I hope you don't mind my meddling).

Thanks for the critique, Don - most appreciated. Meddle away!!!

Interestingly enough, when that moon rose here, which is when the photo was taken, the colours my camera captured were much the same as in my picture. Looked far more like our Harvest moon, which happens here about Sept.18/19.

Liz

Open season!! Ed.