Capturing September's second Half Moon

September's second Half Moon taken September 14th:


Half Moon taken on the evening of September 14th with Canon 350D and Skylux 70mm F10 refractor acting as a 700mm lens, ISO 800, F.4.3, 1/30th second. The Moon was approximately 6 degrees above the horizon at the time.

Link to larger image:
www.flickr.com/photos/42867418@N05/4993024632/in/photostream/

One more Half Moon to go this month...

Seanie.

Hey Seanine.
Only 6 Deg's!
You did well to get any kind of steady image there.
I thought there may have been a slight bit of CA through the
optics but it must be the atmosphere so.

Keep 'em comin!

Cheers Frank! Indeed, I would have thought it would have been less striking also. I was also up against gentle gusts of wind. This was the best I picked from about 21 shots trying different exposure times along the way.

Chromatic aberration would normally come down to the optics with something like the Moon (this does have atinge of red along the bottom), I think atmospheric aberration is more noticeable with stars than on the Moon - an unsteady atmosphere would usually give you a more blurred image than colour aberration.

Anyone notice just how low down the Moon has been lately as it travels across the sky too?

Seanie.

Seanie_Morris wrote:

Chromatic aberration would normally come down to the optics with something like the Moon (this does have atinge of red along the bottom), I think atmospheric aberration is more noticeable with stars than on the Moon - an unsteady atmosphere would usually give you a more blurred image than colour aberration.

Ok so we are in agreemnet here so.
Frank Ryan wrote:

I thought there may have been a slight bit of CA through the
optics but it must be the atmosphere so.

Seanie_Morris wrote:

Anyone notice just how low down the Moon has been lately as it travels across the sky too?

Yup..
each Summer!

Lovely capture.
I never tire of imaging the Moon.
Great job..