Shooting For The Moon
I tend to avoid cliched shots. Maybe too many articles or customers trying the latest fad, but for me I tend to have an allergic reaction to what is on trend at the moment.
So anyway, here is a moon shot/300mm experiment from today.
“Bokeh Moon”.
Always suspicious of a new lens, especially one that cost as much as the 300mm F4, I find myself taking “reassurance” shots when the whim takes me. The shot above way taken after a few standard roof and chimney detail images on a perfect Autumn day.
Curious to see how much difference the higher res image would make, I gave it a go, with limited success until I realised the shutter speed limitation had been exceeded (the images were still ok, just not fully formed composites).
Hand held HHHR jpeg with 300mm with 1.4 tc (840mm eq). The Teleconverter has really impressed, being used on the 40-150 with little thought at all. On the 300, the performance seems fine also, but to be honest it is too long for most applications.
Cropped with a little post. Like anything, you get better the more you do it, but I am happy enough with that for my first try, keeping in mind I am hand holding an 800mm+ at 1/125th, (polariser may have helped as the atmosphere is a little wintry). Maybe a night time image next time.
Not a field I will be trying to conquer, but the more you try the better everything gets.