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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/5/2004 4:02:55 PM
Alberto,
Very well executed. The exposure is just right to show the color of the eclipse, and the focus is sharp. Excellent work.
Taras
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| Photo By: Alberto Messina
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 10:23:46 PM
Good work. With a longer lens you could get more detail.
Taras
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| Photo By: CoolRedMoon .
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 10:18:37 PM
Reza,
A longer lens could give you more detail.
Also, a longer exposure on the crescent phase can yeild the dark side of the moon illuminated by light reflecting off of the earth (earthshine) http://www.usefilm.com/image/134027.html http://www.usefilm.com/image/106679.html
Taras
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| Photo By: reza nabavi
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 10:09:46 PM
Joann,
What Gerhard was trying to explain is that a shorter exposure on the moon will give you detail on its face. You will be able to tell the difference between the maria and the highlands even at this focal length, but a longer lens always helps.
Taras
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| Photo By: Joann Winborn
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 10:02:52 PM
Robert,
I think you should have been able to get better focus, but I do not know the quality of the DiMAGE Z1's optical zoom.
Here are links to two of my images from November's lunar eclipse: http://www.usefilm.com/image/243928.html , http://www.usefilm.com/image/243288.html
Taras
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| Photo By: Robert Currie
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:55:31 PM
Robert,
It looks like you got some image shake in this exposure.
Taras
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| Photo By: Robert Currie
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:55:24 PM
Robert,
I tend to prefer shorter exposures on the partial phases, but this captures the colors...
Taras
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| Photo By: Robert Currie
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:49:45 PM
Jeff,
Nice colors and composition. Pretty good for a hand held image.
Taras
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| Photo By: Jeff Cartwright
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:41:30 PM
Michael,
Nice shot. Try going with a longer exposure next time...
Taras
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| Photo By: Michael McCardle
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:39:44 PM
Ahmet,
Interesting composition.
Taras
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| Photo By: Ahmet KASIMOGLU
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:38:54 PM
Neil,
Nice color for your sky...
Taras
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| Photo By: Neil D.
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:36:48 PM
Adrian,
The focus is a bit soft, but the exposure is good. You have nice contrast for a near full moon. Try shooting the moon when it is near one of the quarter phases. There will be more shadow detail to aid your focusing. Auto focus doesn't work too well on astronomical subjects.
Taras
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| Photo By: Adrian Neugebauer
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 9:17:57 PM
Bill,
Watch out! They lure you into their traps... Very good exposure.
Taras
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Photo By: BILL MAHLER
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
5/4/2004 8:23:27 PM
Ann,
I was afraid that that was the moon, in which case your image is quite out of focus. Either that, or atmospheric blurring caused your image of the planet to bloat. The size of the moon reflection seems to indicate focus, though. Mars at its largest was about 25 to 27 seconds of arc in diameter. The moon is about 30 minutes of arc in diameter, so the moon should appear about 60x the diameter of Mars.
If you use autofocus at astronomical targets, you will usually get out of focus images.
To avoid the internal reflections, you need to put the bright object into the center of image. This is a little unimaginative as far as composition goes, but it will minimize the flaring from internal reflections. I got one of those reflections in this shot: http://homepage.mac.com/tarashnat/astrophoto/0035-16.html
of the Moon and Jupiter.
Taras
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| Photo By: Anne Bogardus
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/29/2004 11:02:05 PM
Blaine,
The fingerprints on the scan are distracting. This image is a bit overexposed, but that could be the print/scan. When I shoot the moon, especially through a telescope, I always bracket my exposures.
Taras
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| Photo By: B Hawkins
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/29/2004 10:57:18 PM
Anne,
The blue is an internal (lens/camera) reflection of the bright light source. By the way, what is that bright light? Is that Mars, or is the smaller orange disc Mars? Which night was this taken?
Here is one of my Mars images from last year: http://www.usefilm.com/image/190750.html . There are more on my web site at http://homepage.mac.com/tarashnat/astrophoto/ccdplanet.html . These are taken with a web cam through telescopes.
Taras
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| Photo By: Anne Bogardus
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/29/2004 10:30:34 PM
Bill,
Nice composition. Good capture.
Taras
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| Photo By: Bill Morgenstern
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/24/2004 4:56:06 AM
Stace,
Thanks...
For all astronomical bodies, rising is when they ascend above the horizon, and setting is when they descend below the horizon. Sunrise varies by only a small amount each day. The moon rises approximately an hour later each day give or take depending on location on earth and the season, which determine the angle of the moon's orbit to the horizon. The stars rise 4 minutes earlier each day, which is why we see different constellations at different seasons.
Taras
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| Photo By: Stace Walker
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 9:21:59 PM
Giuseppe,
Very well executed lunar image.
Taras
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| Photo By: Giuseppe Ronchetti
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 9:19:40 PM
Praveen,
Great capture.
Taras
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| Photo By: Praveen Bhatia
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 9:18:13 PM
Praveen,
Excellent composition.
Taras
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| Photo By: Praveen Bhatia
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 9:12:08 PM
Uwe,
Nice capture.
Taras
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| Photo By: Uwe Bachmann
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 9:10:12 PM
David,
Excellent composition.
Taras
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| Photo By: David Siller
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 9:07:51 PM
Stace,
This is a few hours before moon set. Moonrise was at about 7:40 AM. Moonset near 11:00 PM.
The border is discracting fron the otherwise dreamy soft focus of the image. Nice shade of blue.
Here is my take on the conjunction of the crescent moon and Venus from January: http://www.usefilm.com/image/307958.html
Taras
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| Photo By: Stace Walker
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 8:53:26 PM
Roberto,
Excellent composition.
Taras
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| Photo By: Roberto Arcari Farinetti
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 8:43:17 PM
Sandor,
Excellent capture. But your model has a dirty nose... 8)
Taras
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| Photo By: Sandor Botor
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 8:40:40 PM
Gábor,
Nice work. The exposure at totality could have been longer, but otherwise, well executed. Below are two of my images from the Nov. 8th 2003 eclipse.
http://www.usefilm.com/image/243928.html
http://www.usefilm.com/image/243288.html
Taras
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| Photo By: Gábor Sas
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 8:33:19 PM
Jose,
Nice capture of the crescent moon and earthshine. Good composition. Here are two of my captures of the crescent moon: http://www.usefilm.com/image/106679.html and http://www.usefilm.com/image/304681.html .
Taras
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| Photo By: Jose Geraldo Pinto Junior
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 8:13:05 PM
Graeme,
Interesting composition. Looks like you captured the domiciles of three classes of people here.
Taras
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| Photo By: Graeme Goodlet
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Critique By:
Taras R. Hnatyshyn (K:4055)
4/23/2004 8:03:08 PM
Bill,
Great composition and patience.
Taras
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| Photo By: Bill Morgenstern
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