The Perigree Moon - November 14th 2016

[Stagecoach]

Donald has had me thinking and planing and I want to get something in front of the moon also.

So here's my thoughts, so far ...................................

The moon will be at a distance of 365,509,000 m so lets assume I focus on that using a 500mm lens (using 1.4TC on 80-400mm on FF).

Using a conservative aperture of f/11 (which will give me an exp time of 1/80s upwards from previous experience) everything from the moon to 730 m in front of me will be in focus according to DoF calcs.

So I need to find a good subject that will enable me to line it up and it's around 700 m away so it's sharp as well

[george013]

I will be in Paris and try to get a nice point of view

From the top of the Parc de Belleville you've a wonderful view over Paris. I don't know if you can see the moon from there.

George

[Sergio M.]

I will most likely be downtown. I will have to check the weather forecast and TPE so I can hopefully find the most advantageous and strategic location. Thanks for the heads up.

Sergio

[IzzieK]

For those in the US, according to Earth Sky Watch and I quote:

The moon turns precisely full on November 14, 2016 at 1352 UTC. This full moon instant will happen in the morning hours before sunrise in western North America and the Pacific islands (to the east of the International Date Line). But no matter. The moon will look plenty full and bright all night long on both nights – November 13 and 14 – as it rises in the east around sunset, climbs highest up around midnight, and then sets in the west at or near sunset. Want the exact time of full moon for North American time zones? Okay, so the moon will reach the crest of its full phase on November 14 at 1352 UTC. That translates to 9:52 a.m. AST, 8:52 a.m. EST, 7:52 a.m. CST, 6:52 a.m. MST, 5:52 a.m. PST.

[bje07]

From the top of the Parc de Belleville you've a wonderful view over Paris. I don't know if you can see the moon from there.

George

I know well this place George, but the moon rises from East, I checked weather forecast, bad news

[george013]

I know well this place George, but the moon rises from East, I checked weather forecast, bad news

I don't know much about the moon. But for sun set it's no good place either. But further a wonderful place.

George

[rpcrowe]

I "think" that I will be able to shoot the moon rise with a foreground something like this; San Diego from across the Bay on Coronado Island.



I shot this using my 70-200mm f/4L IS lens on a 7D camera using 100mm. I will also bring my 5D2 camera in case I need a bit wider shot than I can get with the crop camera.

Using a longer focal length should have the moon quite large in the frame...

[Donald]

I "think" that I will be able to shoot the moon rise with a foreground something like this; San Diego from across the Bay on Coronado Island.

That would be amazing.

[MatthewWilliams]

about as close to the middle of nowhere as one can get in this part of Wyoming I've done star trails here ... and as soon as the sun starts to rise you'll hear the lonesome coyote howling in the hills.....

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bi...4d-106.9056416

[MatthewWilliams]

I was leaving work last night and the color was so vibrant. I took this with my phone - My question is What are the best settings to start with to take these kinds of shot -- I have a different setting in mind -- camera is canon t5i - tamron 28-399 and canon efs 18-135

[Donald]

A couple of days each side of full moon, I go with 1/125th @ f8 or 1/60th @ f11. This one may appear brighter however.

I haven't got one yet (i.e. yesterday or today). Tomorrow it's full, so I'll wait until Tuesday.

[Stagecoach]

An example of settings used last night, but from my previous experimentation I have found it best to rely upon camera blinkies and histogram. And of course, take as many as possible



Experimenting two nights earlier and now have the dilemma of which camera to use



Both the above are 50% crops of the height of the full frames.

What I can not find is a site with a distant subject that I can get in front to give a sense of size other than an over the water view with a low flat land mass, assuming no cloud in the way as per the last three nights