Detail of this morning's moon . . .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[applegrove]

1. Wow. That is fantastic.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thanks so much, my dear applegrove! So glad you like it. nt

[elleng]

2. Great you caught it;

too many trees around here, Peg.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thanks so much, my dear elleng!

The trees can really mess you up; I know it only too well.

This is a detail from the photo I took early this morning.

Here's the link, in case you didn't see it:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036132857

[jfz9580m]

5. How did you photograph that Peggy?

I had not really thought about it, but I realized that I was a bit surprised that you can get shots with that much detail of the moon..

Very cool hobby- astrophotography (a term I just learnt!)
https://astrobackyard.com/photo-gallery/moon-photography/

Lovely shot as always Peggy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Well, strictly speaking, my dear jfz9580m, I didn't photograph that exact shot.

I took my original photo and I cropped it down into this shape! I almost literally cut the original moon photo into 2 pieces.

I don't have the equipment or the knowledge that would enable me to get such a photo directly.

I did this, because as I was looking at the whole image, I realized that this part was more interesting than the rest. And I wondered how it would look in this form. So, I cropped it and here we are!

I'm very pleased that you like it! I am very happy with my results.

[jfz9580m]

7. I take some snapshots around my garden

But I am not even an amateur photographer. I am impressed with how much cameras have improved -that you can get a shot with this much detail without ..

Astrophotography sounds like an interesting hobby. I have never tried to use my own phone for astrophotography, though I get decent shots of backyard wildlife with it. Though it sounds like with the IPhone 14 one can get cool shots by maximising the zoom and then as you did cropping out regions of interest after.

Very cool .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you!

I did not use my iPhone for the original shot.

I have an Olympus 4/3 camera--The Olympus E-M10 Mark IV. It's not a big camera but it gets great photos.

And my lens for moon photos is my 100-400 mm lens. It's heavy and I use a tripod for image stability and to make it easier on me to get the photos I want.

That is how I do it! I should have mentioned my gear earlier.

[jfz9580m]

9. Cool-thanks for the info :)

I suppose that was the original question in my mind. I know that phone cameras have been getting better, but I wasn’t clear on just how good they are or what the requirements are for decent enough shots of the night sky (going purely by cursory visual scans). There has to be a professional definition of how astrophotography is judged quality wise whether it is on the amateur end of the spectrum or the expert end.



I had been under the impression over the years that you have actual photography gear like most of the other posters in this forum, but when you didn’t mention it I wondered if this was taken with the IPhone or Google Pixel or the Samsung model (mentioning em all as homage to Lina Khan -that is being about as anti-monopoly as one can be right😸? As far as I know there are no small phone makers).

[Mousetoescamper]

10. Wow! This vivifies the most interesting details of the original. Splendid work!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Wow, thank you!

I created this photo exactly for the reasons you like it!