I was messing with the settings on the camera to see what I'd get. This first one came out with an unexpected, star-like halo. The little pinpoint of light to the right is Jupiter making a guest appearance:
The moon doing its "sun" impersonation, with Jupiter, again:
This next one looks better as a small picture; is severely blown out when you view it full-sized. It's Jupiter again &, if you look closely, you can see its moons. When I focused the camera, I could get a clear shot; as soon as I pressed the trigger, though, it got all wonky. I still think it's pretty good for a camera with a standard lens to pick up another planet's moons. Maybe someday I'll get a good telephoto attachment or some kind of set up to connect the camera to my telescope. Anyway, it's included here, warts & all:
Last but not least, the guest of honor:
5 comments:
Hey this is a third entry! Wowzer :)
and damn venus for trying to sneak in on the moons action. ;)
Beautiful.....
Nice pics! What kind of camera do you use?
Whenever I've tried to take pics of the moon, my results have been unsatisfactory, your's look good.
Rob
Hi Rob -
Thanks for stopping by.
I have a Canon S5IS with just the standard lens that came on it. It took some doing, but I found that the trick is to set the camera on a tripod & set the timer for 2-10 seconds; that way, any jiggling from me pushing the trigger has subsided & the pic is clear.
Oh, interesting -- I'll have to try that tripod moon thing -- I usually use a Canon Powershot A570 (I've taken over 10,000 pics with it in the last 12 months). I've been taking a lot of pics from the commuter train here in Chicago, and the windows are tinted, so I take those pics in B&W mode usually.
I also have two Pentax DSLRs, a K110d and a K20d (which I just got a couple of weeks ago).
I do post some of the pics on my blog (meanderbox.blogspot.com - hey, we're blog neighbors!) along with cartoons and silly words. I've decided that for at least a year, I'll try to post something every single day.
Rob
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