Super Moon at sea

I am really excited about the November 14th Super Moon. I will be aboard the Regal and hoping to get a great view. Hopefully I will get some good photos to post here. But my camera skills are lacking. It would be nice to see everyone's pictures.

Just be aware it is actually overnight on the 13th into the morning of the 14th, depending on your time zone. It is not the night of the 14th.

The actual time of fullness is 1352 UTC, which translates to about 0952 in Florida.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be on the Star on the 14th, and now looking forward to moon watching :)

As a pre-dawn commuter everyday, I'm always in awe of the Super Moon morning drive's. It'll be great to see one from a different perspective.

Srpilo

Just be aware it is actually overnight on the 13th into the morning of the 14th, depending on your time zone. It is not the night of the 14th.

 

The actual time of fullness is 1352 UTC, which translates to about 0952 in Florida.

Wow thank you. I read 8:52 as the closest point totally missed the am. So guess I need to stay up very late. Need excuse to stay in the casino till closing.

I am really excited about the November 14th Super Moon. I will be aboard the Regal and hoping to get a great view. Hopefully I will get some good photos to post here. But my camera skills are lacking. It would be nice to see everyone's pictures.

Maybe you can take a shot of the super moon on the upper deck with a small portion of the ship included on either side.

Here is a shoot I took of the Hunters Moon in October.

Novembers Moon should be even more spectacular.

Hunters Moon by Mark Davis, on Flickr

Your biggest obstacle to getting a shot will be the deck lighting.

Use the base ISO for your camera (100 or lower). Don't trust your Auto Metering. The moon is very bright and will fool it. I set my camera to manual, use around f8 at 1/60th and adjust from there.

Keep in mind, with the Moon, underexpose, especially if you have an Orange Moon.

I hope these tips will help

Mark

One of my favorite cruise memories is watching a lunar eclipse on the Island Princess. Try to get to the highest deck on your ship to have the best view away from lights. But I could also envision your having a great view from the Promenade Deck as well when the moon is first rising over the sea.

Your biggest obstacle to getting a shot will be the deck lighting.

 

Use the base ISO for your camera (100 or lower). Don't trust your Auto Metering. The moon is very bright and will fool it. I set my camera to manual, use around f8 at 1/60th and adjust from there.

 

Keep in mind, with the Moon, underexpose, especially if you have an Orange Moon.

I was going to suggest the exact same thing. Set your camera to manual. The contrast of the bright moon against the black sky can really fool your camera's automatic settings. Spot metering can help. Bracket your photos for a series of different underexposures. No need to bracket for an overexposure/automatic/underexposure series. You almost certainly want to go under-to-way-under. A neutral density filter can also help. Also, keep in mind that this time around, the moon will be closest and biggest during the morning. It will be much easier to get a properly exposed shot at sunrise or sunset than it will be after the sky is black. A shot like this (not mine) is much easier to compose than WYTinman's brilliant photo above:

 

It will be much easier to get a properly exposed shot at sunrise or sunset than it will be after the sky is black.

Jimmy has a good point here. Depending where you are located, this Moon may be shot best as a daylight shot.

DSC_0104 by Mark Davis, on Flickr

This was a shot taken a few days before the last.. That day the Moon set around the same time as the Sun.

Shot with the same equipment: f6.3, 1/640 @ ISO 180. Auto metered.

Main difference is cropping.

Mark

Thanks for all the tips. I am going to get some tutoring on using my camera this week.

Any photos of the super moon from at sea????

I took several decent shots. More to follow when I get my trip report up on the Board in the next week or so!

I took several decent shots. More to follow when I get my trip report up on the Board in the next week or so!

 

 

 

Those are awesome pictures. I did not get any. My plans to get up before dawn failed thanks to the great start of the cruise.

Maybe it's just me but it didn't look any different at sea than it does at home.

Maybe it's just me but it didn't look any different at sea than it does at home.

It depends on where you live. At sea you are guaranteed an unobstructed view to the horizon with your only obstacle being clouds. At home there can be hills, mountains, pine trees, oaks, buildings and light pollution in the way.

I took several decent shots. More to follow when I get my trip report up on the Board in the next week or so!

 

Very nice shot. Was hoping to get a similar one at 2:30am. No luck.

Just got back. When it came up I rode my horse over to the Mountain and got on. ;)