Moon with halo,January 14, 2014

I took photos of the moon with a halo, and with the planet Jupiter shining bright within the halo. I was disappointed that I saw some lens flares in some of the photos, perhaps due to the very bright moon's reflection of the Sun's rays. Modern lenses have multi-elements glasses inside. We tried adjusting the center position of the camera, avoiding the direct focus on the moon in some of the shots, so that the flares would have minimal impact.




Here is an example of lens flare ruining an image of the near or full moon. The full moon will be on January 18, 2014.

All photos taken handheld, with the Canon SX50HS superzoom camera.

Moon with two planets inside halo

My classmate in West Negros College in Electrical Engineering is now working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He and his family are also interested in photography and his daughter caught sight of the moon last year with a halo with two planets inside on January 23, 2013.

Photograph taken with a Canon 600D with 75-300mm lens.

Image copyrighted by Engr. Bayani Ortiz,published with permission in this blog.

Moon on january 10, 2014

Moon on January 9, 2014

Here are nighttime photos taken around 8:45PM of January 9, 2014

Moon on January 6, 2014

Sunlght and earthglow bathes the moon

One can see outlines of craters on the dark side of the moon! Here are other moon photos for today December 29, 2013.

Who needs a low powered telescope just to view the moon?

All photos taken with the Canon SX50HS camera without post processing at Philcoa by Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio

Here is an album of yesterday's (December 21, 2013) moon photos!

Near quarter moon.

We were travelling along the mountain roads of San Carlos-Salvador Benedicto when we behold the moon shining in the sky above and in front of us. Allthough the car was moving, I managed to take a shot, with my Fujifilm Finepix HS25EXR camera with the following settings: 1 sec, f4.5, ISO 3200. The photo is grainy due to the high ISO, but it is still usable.




The moon will approach first quarter phase on Nov 10, 1:57 PM.

Very near full moon photos from the philippines! July 22, 2013

Taken hand held. I wanted go back to the house to get a tripod, but I got lazy.

Moon shots, July 20, 2013

All shots taken with the Fujifilm HS25EXR camera.

Moon photos,May 27, 2013

The moon still looks alluring to us, even if the full-moon phase is over. It is still bright, and the cloudy sky can give a dramatic impact to moon scenes.



All scenes were photographed in Bacolod City with the Fujifilm HS25EXR camera.No tripod was used. Exposure data are as follows:

1. 2s, f/5. iso 1600
2. 1.4s, f/5, iso 1600
3. 2s, f4, iso 1600
4. 2s, f/3.6, iso 1600
5. 2s, f/4.5, iso 1600
6. 1/5s, f/4 iso 3200
7. 2s, f/3.6, iso 1600
8. 1/4.3s, f/5, iso 1600
9. 1/1.3s, f/5, iso 400
10. 1/1.4s f/5, iso 400
11. 1/30s, f/5, iso 100
12. 1s, f/3.6, iso 1600