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Full Moon Fever, a film photograph on Ilford HP5 Plus, shot with Canon F-1, by Chuck Vaughan

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Full Moon Fever

First attempt at lunar photography during the eclipse a couple months back. Canon F1, with an FD 400mm F4.5 with a 2x extender. Mirror locked up and cable release. I bracketed exposures and the vast majority came out way overexposed. So this is probably an effectively F16 (factoring the 2 stop loss of the extender) at 1/500

Camera
Canon F-1
Lens
Canon FD 400mm F4.5
Film
Ilford HP5 Plus
Format
35mm
Subject
Night & Long Exposure
Posted from
Nashville, TN, USA

Developed at home Black & white

Developer
Ilford DD-X · Stock
Time
12 min
Agitation
constant for first 30s, then 5 inversions every 1 minute

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Critique (1) Open to critique

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Ken_Mullinix
Ken Mullinix · 3h ago · edited
What would make it stronger

I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with this shot. Moon pics can always benefit from more reach, but that’s usually costs prohibitive, unless you’re using a telescope. If your scan is large, re-uploading and checking off the grain inspector could give us a better look at craters, etc.

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Comments (1)

Ken_Mullinix Ken Mullinix 3h ago
I was just outside trying a moon pic when I saw your image. Great shot!

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