98% Moon above Glastonbury

[Zummerzet_Leveller]

I popped out on Friday to capture the moon over Glastonbury Tor.  It was rather warm and hazy, the moon had a lovely red hue to it that dissipated to purpleish, probably some Saharan dust in the atmosphere. Unfortunately this also meant that it was difficult to capture a sharp image.  In-between swatting mosquitoes I managed to capture a few images.

Taken with my Canon 6D and Sigma 150-600mm.  The first image (Wide) was at 150mm f/6.3, ISO800 and 5 seconds.  The second (Close) was at 600m f/6.3, ISO800 and 1/6th of a second.  I was just over 5 miles from the Tor.

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Zummerzet_Leveller
Added time-lapse

[Greymouser]

Excellent images, perhaps a shame, you couldn't tease out more detail on the moon, on the first one, but that is perhaps being too critical. Very moody.

[Zummerzet_Leveller]

9 minutes ago, Greymouser said:

perhaps a shame, you couldn't tease out more detail on the moon,

Thanks for the positive comment.  Yeah, I did try but pulling down the highlights, just made the moon grey.  I do have a shorter exposure of the moon at this focal length that I considered blending but thought I'd stick to the authentic and go with the single exposure.  One of the disadvantages of the 6D and its age is the lack of dynamic range.

Edited August 15, 2022 by Zummerzet_Leveller
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[FenlandPaul]

Nice one Jody. Having the people silhouetted in the shot brings a beautiful human, story-telling element to it. 👌

[Zummerzet_Leveller]

1 hour ago, FenlandPaul said:

Nice one Jody. Having the people silhouetted in the shot brings a beautiful human, story-telling element to it. 👌

Thanks Paul, there were loads of people up on the Tor.  Just added a time-lapse composite for a bit of fun.

[Captain Scarlet]

On 15/08/2022 at 22:51, Zummerzet_Leveller said:

Thanks Paul, there were loads of people up on the Tor.  Just added a time-lapse composite for a bit of fun.

That last one is in fact my favourite of the three

[Zummerzet_Leveller]

2 hours ago, Captain Scarlet said:

That last one is in fact my favourite of the three

Thanks Magnus, definitely think I'll give it a go again.  Just used the star trails function in Sequator to get the effect and then layered the last image over again as a luminance layer.