Mountain Moon over Alaska

by Ron on November 4, 2006

Mountain Moon

Another photo captured from our home office in Seward, Alaska.  This was last night just after sunset.

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{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

Doris November 6, 2006 at 11:22 am

This is very cooL!

Ron November 6, 2006 at 4:44 pm

Thanks Doris!

Gowtham November 29, 2007 at 6:48 pm

Would have liked the moon to be a little less warmer.

-g

Maria January 5, 2009 at 3:41 pm

Did you sandwich two photos together? The moon looks so huge!

Ron January 5, 2009 at 7:50 pm

Hi Maria,

I didn’t. I don’t remember what lens I used for this image, but I’m thinking it was a 600, possibly with a converter – so that is why the moon is so huge.

Thanks,

Ron

Maria January 6, 2009 at 5:52 am

That is incredible. What is a converter, and is that makes it so large, or the 600 focal length?

I’m really enjoying looking at your photos! :)

Maria

Ron January 6, 2009 at 8:41 am

I sometimes use a 2x converter, also called a 2x multiplier – basically, it doubles the length of your lens giving me a 1200mm focal length. I also use a 1.4 x converter.

That is what makes the moon so large – with a 2x converter on a 600, I can almost fill the frame with just the moon. Since the moon doesn’t come close to filling the frame here, I probably used a straight 600.

Here is a similar scene with a 400: http://www.my-photo-blog.com/mountain-moon As you can see the moon becomes a much smaller part of the frame.

Thanks!

Ron

Maria January 7, 2009 at 12:34 pm

What great info! I’m new to photography so I didn’t know such things existed.

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