Mars and Moon in heavenly show

[Gill]

Thought Mars was red???

Nope, Mars is chocolate brown...hmmm

[astral276]

I was going to get a new pair of glasses, but decided that if I can see as far away as Mars then the current pair must be OK. I mean...just how far do I want to be able to see?

[Spyder1942]

Thought Mars was red???

No.Thats Ken Livingstone.

[LizzyA]

Hi Ken,
what did you use to get such a good photo of the Moon, it was so bright, I got photos
just like bright light bulbs. i have a Kodak z740. with Kodak Aspheric all glass lens. 38 - 380 mm (equiv) AF 10 x optical.
Brilliant through the nocs. but alas could not get photo with camera

[Fossy]

Heres the shots I managed to get tonight too much contrast to show Mars and the moon in the same shot. The Mars shot is about 3X the size of the Moon shot to give an idea of scale. Need a more powerful lens for Mars though, perhaps I should ask the missus to get me the Hubble for my Birthday

You sure thats not just a one eyed cat at the bottom of your garden Ken?

[kengillam]

Nah the local moggy has two eyes I keep trying to hit between them

LizzyA I suspect that you are grossly overexposing them, when you think about it the Moon is just a big reflector illuminated by the sun, so expose for what you would a piece of card lying flat in your garden on a sunny day. A good starting point is 1/100 f8 ISO100 I presume you can manually set your camera.

[LizzyA]

Thanks for that Ken, I have made a note of those settings. see what I can do. Think I will have to get the manual out. it does quite abit I have not used yet.