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30-11-2017, 10:57 AM
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Re: Mooooooon again

I am always disappointed when I point my camera at the moon and it looks smaller.
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30-11-2017, 11:03 AM
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I am always disappointed when I point my camera at the moon and it looks smaller.
Get a bigger camera
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30-11-2017, 11:06 AM
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Get a bigger camera
Or turn it round the correct way.
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30-11-2017, 11:25 AM
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Or walk up a big hill
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30-11-2017, 11:32 AM
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Or walk up a big hill
I have a serious question for you Mr Oy. Quite often on TV we see images of a huge sun or moon above the sea or above houses, I mean seriously enlarged. How is that done? Is it achieved with a powerful zoom lens or is it more like the 'moon illusion'?

Where I used to live, the moon sometimes looked huge from the top of the hill but the further I went down the hill, the smaller it got.

Sorry, I suppose I should post this in your photographic help thread.
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30-11-2017, 02:25 PM
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Re: Mooooooon again

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I have a serious question for you Mr Oy. Quite often on TV we see images of a huge sun or moon above the sea or above houses, I mean seriously enlarged. How is that done? Is it achieved with a powerful zoom lens or is it more like the 'moon illusion'?

Where I used to live, the moon sometimes looked huge from the top of the hill but the further I went down the hill, the smaller it got.

Sorry, I suppose I should post this in your photographic help thread.
It’s all to do with the angle the light comes through the atmosphere at. The shallower the angle - the larger the Sun or Moon appears.
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Re: Mooooooon again

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It’s all to do with the angle the light comes through the atmosphere at. The shallower the angle - the larger the Sun or Moon appears.
Thanks. I was never quite sure if it was a camera trick or not.
 
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