Biggest full moon for years enhanced by shooting stars

Pretty cloudy/drizzly here atm Hopefully it clears up by nightfall

Though I was also hoping to spot some Geminids The moon will ruin that to an extent regardless.

Beautiful sight, but I fail to see the "shooting stars" part.

Any info on that OP?

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Have a look here:
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I took this last night, but didnt know the right settings to use with the moon ( I have a new DSLR). I do now, so tonights pictures should be better.


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[edit on 12/12/08 by Cyprex]

well I am so disappointed... all night, covered by thick cloud.

We need the rain in South Australia so that is fantastic but bad for night sky viewing

Oh well, sounds like some people who got to see it got some pics?
Look forward to seeing them.

Nice shot - I like it, especially the diffraction spikes.

Technically the moon is overexposed. If you want to see detail in it, you need to reduce your exposure. Since the moon is a Sun-lit object you can use the 'sunny 16 rule' to work out an appropriate base exposure, and bracket (change your exposure) from there.

The sunny 16 rule says use 1/125 @ F16 with 100 ISO in a brightly lit place @ noon (or something along those lines). I'd start with something like 1/500 @ F11 with 800 ISO, and try higher and lower shutter speeds. Use a tripod/cable release if you have one.

I am SOOOOOO GLAD you posted this!

Thank you x1000!

Last night the Moon was just stunning a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y STUNNING!
But tonight... I've never seen anything quite so beautiful in all my life. Looking out over the sea, the Moon coming up so warm and yellow and clear at the end of the horizon, and HUGE is not the word! It looks bigger coming up over the sea anyway but tonight's Moon rise I’ll never forget as long as I live!

I can't wait for tomorrow night!

Thank you so much again!

*P*E*A*C*E

Well, it started raining here in North Yorkshire yesterday afternoon and hasn't stopped since ... so frustrating !

Woody

I was lucky, yesterday, at the end of the day, the sky cleared and the Moon appeared in a cloudless sky.

I took the opportunity and brought home the camera we have at work (my boss lets me use it as if it was mine ), and when I got home, after some time to wait for the Moon to rise above the building next to the one where I live, I could take some photos of the Moon.

Most of the photos were bad, this is one of the best photos, cropped(click on the photo for full size).


Unfortunately, I am not a good photographer.

Edit: I forgot to say that it started getting cloudy just after I took the photos, and some hours latter it was raining, and it is still raining now, 24 hours latter.

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Would this be why my moods were utterly low for most of the day?

However I did see the moon, and just awe'd as usual.