Waxing Crescent

Geoffrey Wicking, 5 months ago

Great shot! amazing clarity with no noise. Love it.

Globalphotos, 5 months ago

Great capture Peter, terrific detail :)

Chris Clark, 5 months ago

fantastic Peter, the clarity is superb, did you digiscope this or is it with a normal lens???

Linda Ridpath, 5 months ago

you could almost reach out and touch!!! lovely shot!

Chris Clark, 5 months ago

sorry about the stupid question Peter, if I had read your description first then I would have known the answer. The image just blew me away before I read the description

Zaldy Infante, 5 months ago

brilliant capture!!!!

Leslie Wood, 5 months ago

beautiful!! detail and clarity are superb :)

dinghysailor1, 5 months ago

amazing moonshot! brilliant!

joak, 5 months ago

an absolute cracker

Lesley Hill, 5 months ago

Most amazing moon….love it.

wwROBERTLFOXcom, 5 months ago

Hand held? Wow! Image stabilization helps with that?

Nat Hall, 5 months ago

Awesome, Peter!!! :)))

Nat

Peter Hill in reply to Geoffrey Wicking’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Geoffrey!

Peter Hill in reply to Globalphotos’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you Varinia – I am loving the new lens!

Peter Hill in reply to Chris Clark’s comment, 5 months ago

That’s ok Chris, thanks for the response! You can tell I am enjoying learning what the IS lens can do!

Peter Hill in reply to Linda Ridpath’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks Linda

Peter Hill in reply to Zaldy Infante’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks Zaldy!

Peter Hill in reply to Leslie Wood’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks Leslie – on the LCD screen of the 10D you can’t really tell if the shot turned out, not until I downloaded did a smile come across my dial :)

Peter Hill in reply to dinghysailor1’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks ding – it was a case of getting home from work after picking up the Billy Lids, pulling into the driveway and … wow… quick, grab the camera.

Peter Hill in reply to joak’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks joak!

Peter Hill in reply to Lesley Hill’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks cousin!

Peter Hill in reply to Nat Hall’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks Nat!

Peter Hill in reply to wwROBERTLFOXcom’s comment, 5 months ago

Hi Robert

The short answer to your question is: hell yeh!

Compare it with this image shot on 28 August 2007 during the lunar eclipse but using a normal 300mm lens and WITH a tripod:

And that was one of the better ones!

Here is a review of the Canon 70-300mm DO IS I just grabbed:

“Sporting a 3rd generation image stabilizer, the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens is designed to be handholdable at a shutter speed up to 3 f-stops slower than a non-stabilized lens at the same focal length. “Gyro sensors detect unwanted vibrations, triggering the corresponding movement of a correcting lens group perpendicular to the optical axis. This alters the light path, returning the image to its correct position on the sensor or film plane.” [Canon]Using the 1/(focal length) rule, this lens can be handheld at 300mm with a shutter speed of 1/45 of a second (of course, your mileage may vary). I am getting sharp handheld images consistently at 1/4 or 1/5 second shutter speeds at 70mm and at 1/25 second at 300mm on a full frame body.”

Of course, it comes with a hefty price tag. But hey, that’s what eBay’s for !! :)

AllyL, 5 months ago

Wow! I am really glad someone caught that moon! It was low on the horizon and looked amazing :)

wwROBERTLFOXcom, 5 months ago

Well, that pretty much makes what I’m using junk! Thanks for the info! It’s impressive!

Peter Hill in reply to AllyL’s comment, 5 months ago

Damn straight it was low – another few minutes and it was gone from my urban horizon!

Peter Hill in reply to wwROBERTLFOXcom’s comment, 5 months ago

Cool, but do check out eBay – gr8 bargains to be had compared to the RRP price list of canon. (Nikon also have IS lenses)

redhawk, 5 months ago

Great clarity and beautiful B&W.

Melissa Ellison, 5 months ago

Great Shot! On Friday I took the same photo the moon looked so beautiful

Peter Hill in reply to redhawk’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks redhawk. Uploaded pretty much as is though, ie no desaturation.

Peter Hill in reply to Melissa Ellison’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks Melissa! Will we see it? :)