Who took Super moon pictures?

[theantiquetiger]

All I have is a 200 (I actually shot it at 105mm because it was sharper)

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/theantiquetiger/supermoon.jpg

[Runmonty]

I missed it last night but just went out and had a go a day late. I saw the plane in the bottom right corner just at the last moment and so I had to scramble to quickly get the shot off before it disappeared. It isnt ideal but I was pleased to at least get it.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5498/9125646918_a8f6e1c2b1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/9125646918/)
supermoon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/9125646918/) by runmonty (http://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

[Realist]

Nice shots guys. That plane was a good idea.

[Yisehaq]

Nice shots guys. That plane was a good idea. For sure!

[jude01]

I went out Saturday night, since the forecast was for rain on Sunday and sure enough it was pouring.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2838/9126681686_290b6875f1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/selena_rhodes_scofield_photography/9126681686/)
super moon 01 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/selena_rhodes_scofield_photography/9126681686/) by Selena Rhodes Scofield Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/selena_rhodes_scofield_photography/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5441/9126681058_f7a06848bd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/selena_rhodes_scofield_photography/9126681058/)
super moon 02 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/selena_rhodes_scofield_photography/9126681058/) by Selena Rhodes Scofield Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/selena_rhodes_scofield_photography/), on Flickr

[Marko]

It was a bust for me. saturday and sunday cloudy.
I did give a photo tour on Friday night though, here's a shot of the Biosphere by Julie Royes with a full moon but not the super-moon.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1044760_649074081787540_518348523_n.jpg

[Marko]

Really like the plane in your image RM!
Nice images Jude1 and AT.

[Jason]

Great shots everyone! I was camping in Vermont and it rained the whole night. All well...

Runmonty--I love that plane you managed to catch there, certainly adds a sense of scale!
jude01--I like the second one, the clouds add a nice texture.

[Runmonty]

I just went back and tried HDR version from a bracketed set I shot Monday night

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5458/9142712644_493ba8b655_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/9142712644/)
HDR Moon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56001877@N04/9142712644/) by runmonty (http://www.flickr.com/people/56001877@N04/), on Flickr

[Marko]

I think you have something there RM - very striking!
I dig how the moon looks like it's resting on those clouds - Can you describe the PP on the moon in particular, was it this sharp in the RAW file. (I'm getting into moon-shooting theory lately, lol)

[Runmonty]

OK Here it goes

-Was a 3 shot HDR bracketed -2,0,+2
-First I adjusted exposure on the -2 down even further to improve detail on the moon before HDR processing
-Processed in HDR Efex Pro 2, using a fairly extreme preset. This gave most of the final contrast in the moon.
-Within HDR Efex I used control points to increase exposure in the clouds and increase the structure on the moon.
-Cropped in Photoshop
-In Photoshop the image was very noisy, so I duplicated layer and applied a strong noise reduction. Masked the moon so the noise reduction was on the clouds only. (I think a gausian blur layer may have been better)
-The edges of the moon were haloing so I cloned around the edges to tidy up.
-A liitle burning/painting on the top and left to restore darker black.
-Unsharp mask to sharpen (moon only- I masked the clouds)
-Global Curves adjustment to punch out the contrast


Copies of RAW files below are -2 (adjusted as described) , 0, & +2 files for your info.

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[Marko]

awesome info RM - thx for sharing!