Shoot the Moon

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted May 23, 2010231 views9 comments

I was photographing birds with my 400mm lens when I noticed this plane heading toward the moon. I got just one shot and happened to catch the point at which the wing tip just meets the edge of the moon.

Canon 7D with 400/5.6
400mm
f/8.0
1/1600
ISO 500
RAW
Handheld
RAW processing + vignette
Exposure increase
Noise Ninja

Thanks for looking ... C&C welcome!

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 23, 2010 at 9:49 AM

Wow, this is cool! Great timing. Amazing to see the two subjects combined so effectively.

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Comment posted by mark cillo on May 23, 2010 at 2:32 PM

This is a very interesting image. The only little nit for me is that the noise ninja filter is applied a little heavy. Otherwise very nice

Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments

Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on May 23, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Great catch

Registered on November 14, 2003, 130 Posts, 1644 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Sabiston on May 23, 2010 at 4:35 PM

Michele,

Great reaction time and shot! Nice sharp lunar details, too. Not bad for handheld. Not bad at all!

Registered on April 7, 2007, 134 Posts, 443 Comments

Comment posted by Michele Williams on May 23, 2010 at 8:08 PM

Thanks everyone for taking a look.

Mark - I'm still learning to use Noise Ninja ... do you have any tips? Thanks!

Registered on April 3, 2010, 28 Posts, 146 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 23, 2010 at 10:48 PM

Fantastic catch! I would agree that the noise ninja effect looks overly smooth. Without going into the complexities of the program, you can always reduce the opacity of the noise reduction layer or do a fade just after you apply it.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Colvin on May 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM

I like it alot. Turned out really nice, especially with only one shot at it.

Registered on December 2, 2009, 15 Posts, 93 Comments

Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on May 25, 2010 at 4:19 PM

Fantastic catch indeed. I do agree with the previous comments about noise ninja being applied a bit too much. Great image!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 403 Posts, 2528 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on May 27, 2010 at 1:21 PM

Wow… Handheld @ 400MM?! You are a sharp shooter.

Great capture and subjects, I could see this in a magazine for sure.

Registered on January 15, 2009, 13 Posts, 772 Comments