When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I then used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all bracketed) cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected the best two of each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then applied lightroom's denoise software. I then published them all to flickr at 1024 pixels, down from 1085, 1215, and 1462. There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also had some issues with SR vibrating things. I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 __ Larry Colen from Lothlorien lrc@red4est.com

Not ID-ed? All a bit soft. Perhaps too much atmospheric haze. What was the shutter speed? Paul > On Aug 9, 2025, at 6:12 AM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: > > When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I then used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all bracketed) cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected the best two of each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then applied lightroom's denoise software. I then published them all to flickr at 1024 pixels, down from 1085, 1215, and 1462. > > There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also had some issues with SR vibrating things. > > I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 > __ > Larry Colen from Lothlorien > lrc@red4est.com > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

They are all upside down. From where I am the rabbit is the right way up! Alan C On 09/08/2025 12:11, Larry Colen wrote: > When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I then used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all bracketed) cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected the best two of each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then applied lightroom's denoise software. I then published them all to flickr at 1024 pixels, down from 1085, 1215, and 1462. > > There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also had some issues with SR vibrating things. > > I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 > __ > Larry Colen from Lothlorien > lrc@red4est.com > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

They are all IDed in each photo, but they are in the order listed sigma at 500, dfa at 450 and finish with the fa at 600. They are all at 1/200 and mostly at f/16 On August 9, 2025 3:52:26 AM PDT, Comcast <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: >Not ID-ed? All a bit soft. Perhaps too much atmospheric haze. What was the shutter speed? >Paul > >> On Aug 9, 2025, at 6:12 AM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I then used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all bracketed) cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected the best two of each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then applied lightroom's denoise software. I then published them all to flickr at 1024 pixels, down from 1085, 1215, and 1462. >> >> There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also had some issues with SR vibrating things. >> >> I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 >> __ >> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >> lrc@red4est.com >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

But, yeah, the air here is horrible. Riverside had some of the worst air quality in the country. I'm a bit fuzzy myself this morning. I was up until 4, and gardeners were using a 2 stroke next door at 9. On August 9, 2025 3:52:26 AM PDT, Comcast <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: >Not ID-ed? All a bit soft. Perhaps too much atmospheric haze. What was the shutter speed? >Paul > >> On Aug 9, 2025, at 6:12 AM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >> >> When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I then used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all bracketed) cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected the best two of each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then applied lightroom's denoise software. I then published them all to flickr at 1024 pixels, down from 1085, 1215, and 1462. >> >> There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also had some issues with SR vibrating things. >> >> I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 >> __ >> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >> lrc@red4est.com >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

I usually shoot the moon f8@1/1000th. Dont need much DOF and the moon is moving. Paul > On Aug 9, 2025, at 12:42 PM, lrc@red4est.com wrote: > > They are all IDed in each photo, but they are in the order listed sigma at 500, dfa at 450 and finish with the fa at 600. They are all at 1/200 and mostly at f/16 > >> On August 9, 2025 3:52:26 AM PDT, Comcast <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: >> Not ID-ed? All a bit soft. Perhaps too much atmospheric haze. What was the shutter speed? >> Paul >> >>>> On Aug 9, 2025, at 6:12 AM, Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I then used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all bracketed) cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected the best two of each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then applied lightroom's denoise software. I then published them all to flickr at 1024 pixels, down from 1085, 1215, and 1462. >>> >>> There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also had some issues with SR vibrating things. >>> >>> I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 >>> __ >>> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >>> lrc@red4est.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.