Photos by Jez

Tag: moon

  • Last on the Card January 2024

    Last on the Card January 2024

    Hi All 👋 My entry for Brian’s monthly challenge.

    From my iPhone

    Dawn

    From my DSLR

    I know that no explanation is required, but I thought this shot would benefit from one. The other morning, I noticed that the moon was reflecting the colours of the dawn, turning it an orangey sort of colour. There was no time to set up properly, so this was shot freehand at the full extent of Snappy’s 18-300mm zoom lens

    Orange moon

    As I’m working a lot with AI at the moment, I thought I’d add my latest piece of Hot Mods generated artwork as a bonus. I used the moonshot above as the baseline for the following picture.

    Hot Mods generated image of orange moon
    Hot Mods generated image of orange moon
  • Moon in a Blue Sky — Weekend Sky #49

    Moon in a Blue Sky — Weekend Sky #49

    Hi All 👋 My latest entry for Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge.

    Moon over the Kisyth Hills
    Moon over the Kisyth Hills
  • My Favourites — Lens-Artists Challenge #129

    My Favourites — Lens-Artists Challenge #129

    Hi All 👋 My entry for this weeks challenge, set by Tina: Favourite Images of 2020.

    Travel was very much curtailed in 2020, but it’s amazing what we can see within walking distance of home!

    Starting off with these shots of a visiting squirrel drinking from small puddles on the shed roof.

    Squirrel having a drink
    Squirrel having a drink

    Had a lot of fun playing with my new macro lens; these are my favourites!

    My lensball was also a new toy, & much experimantation helped me to learn what does & doesn’t work. Basically, yay for landscapes! although the shot of daisy cottage with a daisy had to make the selection too

    …and finally, I managed to get a decent shot of the moon (the last full moon of 2020)?

    Full moon
  • A Decent Shot of the Moon (finally)!

    A Decent Shot of the Moon (finally)!

    Hi all

    This morning sees the last full moon of 2020, so I thought I’d have yet another go at capturing it. Up until today, all my shots of the moon were over-exposed & subject to the dreaded camera shake (even when using a tripod). My awesome wife found a video on YouTube by Paul Farris at Photo Genius.

    Moon shooting by Photo Genius

    I knew what was going wrong with previous shots, and had mostly got the issues sorted, but no matter how hard I tried, couldn’t get rid of camera shake (every time I pressed the shutter release, there was shake). Apparently the trick is as simple as using the timer on the cameraHaving watched the video, I set up & headed into the back garden at about 5am, pitch black & a chilly -3?. I say pitch black, apart from the moon obviously

    Some of the shots were over exposed & lacked definition.

    Over exposed full moon
    Over exposed full moon

    Some were under exposed but with good definition.

    Under exposed full moon
    Under exposed full moon

    …and finally, I think I manged to hit the sweet spotwith good definition & exposure levelwith a shutter speed of 1/60 s

    Sweet spot full moon
    Sweet spot full moon
  • The Moon Grows on Trees– Weekend Sky #10 Dec 12

    The Moon Grows on Trees– Weekend Sky #10 Dec 12

    Hi All 👋 My latest entry for Hammad’s Weekend Sky Challenge.

    Moon tree
    Moon tree