Two days of clouds so the only photos I have of the super moon are from Friday night when Junko @jyokota and I drove into town to capture the moon over the lake. We got there too late for that as the moon was too high, so instead, I practiced with spot metering and settings to try the show the moons shadows and craters. None were exactly what I wanted. Tonight when I went back to the images, I thought a collage might make them look more interesting. I'm not sure what causes the slight changes in color. To the naked eye, the moon was a bit golden-orange.
Great collage, I had the same problem with clouds, but did experiment with shutter speeds. I may have to give this a go. Funnily enough my moon is the other way around, the large crater is at the top, or you could say mine is upside down from being downunder :)
Lovely triptych, Taffy. The variance in colour may be caused by very slight variance in exposure, slight underexposure giving a more saturated effect which intensifies the colour.
Great triptych. One day I'll manage to get a good shot of the moon, but I think I need a better camera. Still the one I've got is better than the phone I started the project with.
You know what amazes me about this super moon is I never noticed that crater(?) on the bottom that makes it look like a beach ball. Just me with my weird impressions.
@joansmor I agree!! I had never noticed til I started doing moon shots on 365. At first, I thought there was something wrong with my camera! I think it looks like a peeled orange.
@karlow75 Oh fun! I'll have to see if there's a full moon when I'm in Australia in October -- I didn't know the moon would look different though of course, if the constellations vary, so would the moon!
You are such an inspiration with your constant efforts at trying and learning new techniques and approaches. You're an inspiration, I assure you. These moon shots are all interesting in their color variance and details. I missed the super moon thanks to cloud cover. Thanks too for the comment and suggestion shared on the view of my world here in western IL. I've been mulling over your series idea ever since reading your note. Appreciate the idea.
Nice collage! As I'm still learning EVERYTHING! my first thought for the color variation was that it had to do with either the exposure or WB. How fun to see the experts suggesting the same things! Maybe I am learning something after all. I was recommended to set my camera on AV and go with the default settings. I also watched a couple YouTube tutorials which basically recommended ISO 100 or 200 with the WB set on daylight and aperature at f11 or f8. One tutorial also recommended playing around with the WB saying that setting this to tungsten, fluorescent and a few others would result in different colors on the moon (one was blue, one was purple and I forget the rest- sorry!). I know you'll figure that out because you always seem to have a handle on these things! The next super moon is Sept. 9 so you'll have time to study up! In the mean time- nice job on the collage!!
It is nice to know I'm not the only one that had "odd" hued moon shots! The majority of mine were very similar in color to yours, it was a really yellow/orange moon Sunday night here. Unfortunately it's been cloudy and rainy since so I haven't been able to try again. Love this in the collage with the variations.
Neat triptych Taffy. I have never been able to capture a decent shot of the moon so I admire your efforts. The spot metering and exposures will cause the variation I think. I used spot metering yesterday on a bird and I could see the difference in the camera although I haven't downloaded the shots on to the computer yet.
Great idea for a triptych, nicely done. I'm intrigued by the colour variations. I had a go at shooting the moon a couple of nights ago and used three different shutter speeds but the colour was uniform. I had the WB on daylight (I shoot RAW but still choose my WB in camera).
August 13th, 2014
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I'm happy yo see these!