Full Moon

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 50D
Canon 600 f4 L IS + Sigma 1.4Ext
AV f5.6
TV 1/100
ISO 100
Manual White Balance
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac

Crits appreciated:S3:

[Ron Sprunger]

One of my favorite subjects, very nicely done. Great IQ and near perfect exposure. Did you use MUP on this, or rely on IS to dampen vibration? I love it.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks Rod...I took it from the window of my vehicle on a bean bag with IS on...Excuse my ignorance what is MUP?

[Ron Sprunger]

Sorry, MUP is Mirror Up to reduce vibration. Slaps the mirror on first shutter press, then releases the shutter on the second. Don't know if the 50D has it, but you wouldn't use it with a bean bag anyway. When I see that clean an image of the moon, I'm always curious how it was done. I'll have to give the bean bag a try.

[Roger Clark]

Dumay,
I agree, nice capture. I assume this is full frame?

Regarding mirror lockup, yes one can use it with a beanbag (I do) or a tripod, or even hand held, At 1/100 second, the mirror bounce can impact image quality, but IS will try to compensate. For a relatively static subject like this, I'll use mirror lockup with 2-second delay so I only press the shutter once, then wait for the shutter to open 2 seconds later.

Roger

[Jay Sheinfield]

Great capture..........I like the framing.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Dumay, very nicely done!

[Rachel Hollander]

Dumay - nicely done. I like the detail of the craters. Looks like you are really enjoying your new location. Nice to see you posting a landscape.

TFS,
Rachel

[Robert Amoruso]

Dumay,
I agree, nice capture. I assume this is full frame?

Regarding mirror lockup, yes one can use it with a beanbag (I do) or a tripod, or even hand held, At 1/100 second, the mirror bounce can impact image quality, but IS will try to compensate. For a relatively static subject like this, I'll use mirror lockup with 2-second delay so I only press the shutter once, then wait for the shutter to open 2 seconds later.

Roger

That is exactly what I do.:tinysmile_shy_t:

[Robert Amoruso]

Great capture..........I like the framing.

I agree!!

[Ed Cordes]

Wonderful detail! I agree RE the mirror lock up. Use it al the time.

[Jerry van Dijk]

Excellent IQ!

[Michael Lloyd]

Nicely done! The image almost has a 3D quality to it.

(I didn't know you could see the moon down there in Africa :t3 JUST KIDDING )

Ditto MLU / 2s delay.

[Andrew Aveley]

Awesome IQ bud , looks great overall and pin sharp