Crater Face
Thought this would be a pretty appropriate name for this shot. Friday the 11th of Dec was the day that the moon would be the closest to the earth, making it the largest view of the moon for the entire year. Making it 14% bigger, and 30% brighter. Unfortunately as my life goes lol, I messed it by three days and took this photo yesterday, Monday. Not the biggest, but it was still around 20,000 km closer than normal. This photo has been cropped in Photo Shop CS3, that is all, hope you like it!!!!!!
As Is
Canon 40D
Canon 70-300mm
f/8
1/160 sec
ISO – 100
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Troy W. Smith
Awesome shot Ashby.
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much Troy for both your comment and the fav!!!!!!
Jerame *
awesome shot!
Did you stop commenting on work done with Nikons??
flyfish70 replied
LMAO, oh I just thought all the Nikons stopped working, after all, Canon rejects can’t work too long, why do you think those parts got rejected by Canon QA ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! Thank you Jerame, I really appreciate it!!!!!!
Daniel J. McCa...
WOW, Ashby – That’s Terrific!! Super contrast & detail!! Excellent work!!
poupoune
Stunning, it looks like a floating rock!!!
flyfish70 replied
It does doesn’t it lol, thank you so much poupoune for your comment and the fav!!!!!!
Kazzoom IPA
that is one of the best moon shots I have seen in a long time, well done Fly
flyfish70 replied
WOW!!!!! Thank you so, so much Kaz, that really means the world to me!!!!!!! Thank you for the fav too, that is awesome!!!!!!
Cora Wandel
Great shot! – Cora
flyfish70 replied
Thank you so much Cora!!!!!!
naturelover
Wonderful shot- me and the moon don’t go together- so I love to see work as terrific as this Ash!!!well done!
flyfish70 replied
Awwww, thank you so much for that Pauline, I’m glad you like it!!!!!!!
Rita H. Ireland
Awesome Bravo!!!! It was very nice here over looking the Las Vegas Blvd, Nevada. Thank you for sharing a great close-up.
flyfish70 replied
OMG, I bet it was absolutely gorgeous with all of those lights and the moon right over it all, would love to have seen that!!!!! Thank you so much Rita for your wonderful comment and the fav!!!!!!!
Smudger
excellent work
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much Steve!!!!!!
Helene Kippert
Amazing shot!
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much Helene, and thank you for the fav!!!!!!
3rdrock
great shot , nice and crisp
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much 3rdrock, I really appreciate it!!!!!
Clive
That is one superb shot Ash, so very detailed my friend, I feel I could reach out and touch it…we missed the actual day/night is was the closest because of heavy cloud cover
flyfish70 replied
Friday it was cloudy here as well, but Monday we had a few breaks in the clouds. I actually waited for the clouds to pass so I could get this. I was hoping I would catch a couple in the shots, but no go!!!!! I’m so very pleased with this one though, and very happy you like it so!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for your wonderful comment my fiend!!!!!!!!!
Marleia M Main
Wow this is too cool!! I love it!! Great job Mister : ))
flyfish70 replied
Hey Marleia, good to see you kicking around lol, thank you for having a look, I’m glad you love it!!!!!!!
Emily Peak
Wonderful shot! I am so envious,as ALL my moon shots are,well let’s just say-”DELETABLE”!
Awesome!
flyfish70 replied
LMAO, you are so funny!!!!! Well, keep trying, use the settings I put up for this shot, it works!!!! Thank you very much Emily!!!!!!!
Pamela B
Wonderful work Ashby!!
flyfish70 replied
Thank you so much Pamela, and thank you for the fav!!!!!!!
presbi
Great caputure, Ashby!!
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much Sergio, I’m glad you like it!!!!!!
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much for the fav Sergio!!!!!!!!!
ej29
This is just superb. Such great detail. You did a great job on this one….
flyfish70 replied
Well thank you very much Mom, and thank you for the fav, I’m glad you like this one, I think it is my best moon shot so far!!!!!
Lucindawind
fantastic shot Wow !
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much Lucinda!!!!!!
Malcolm Chant
A Fantastic Capture, Do ever have the Chance to take pics from your Aircraft??? that would be a great site to see what things look like from so High .
Malcolm
flyfish70 replied
Hey Malcolm, thank you very much for your comment!!!!! LOL as for taking photos from my plane, well I would love to except there is no place to sit. It flies by it’s self, but that would be pretty cool, thanks again!!!!!!
Malcolm Chant
Well could you not fit a remote Camera onto it to take shots at regular intervals???
The results would be great! (Just a thought)
flyfish70 replied
I would give anything a try, but I think if I were to try to mount a camera anywhere on my airplane the Military Police would have me in lock down being that it is a military plane. I do have a few photos from inside one of the planes I worked on! I had a pilot friend of mine take my camera up and take shots for me, they turned out awesome! If you go through my photos. you will see these photos, I think you will like them!!!!
LYN EVANS
Spectacular shot, well done. I love it.
flyfish70 replied
Awww, thank you so much Lyn, I’m glad you love it, means a lot to me!!!!!!
LocustFurnace
Great shot!
flyfish70 replied
Thank you very much for your comment!!!!!
Daniel Doyle
Very beautiful shot Ashby, I love the detail. Thank you for sharing, LOL…..................;o) Daniel.
flyfish70 replied
Hey Daniel, Thanks for stopping by this one, I’m glad you like, and thank you for your kind comment!!!!!
Colleen Milburn
Ha! Love the comment – ain’t it always so!
LOVE the image – the clarity is amazing, and nice crop – well done, indeed, flyfish :-)
flyfish70 replied
Well thank you so much Colleen for the wonderful complement, I really appreciate it!!!!!!
KateSecretwomen
Excellent work!!!
flyfish70 replied
Thank you so much Kate, and thank you also for the fav and adding me to your watch list, I’m honored!!!!!!
Freelancer
OMG! Stunning!!!
I’ve tried so many times to shoot the moon….
didn’t work….
flyfish70 replied
Thank you so much Freelancer, use the settings I put up, and you can’t go wrong, it works, thanks again!!!!!