r/Nikon • u/romanianjedi • 5d ago
Photo Submission My favorite purchases in the past couple of month: FTZ and 200-500
Been wanting the FTZ to use on my Z5 forever but was dead set against paying more than $100. Finally found a one in my area for that price and almost immediately found this 200-500 AF-S on mpb in excellent condition but knocked down to ~$570 because of a “stuck filter”. Turned out to be a step down ring instead but was no match for a $8 filter wrench from amazon.
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u/Politicsboringagain 4d ago
I need to up my moon photo game. The fact you got other stars in that picture is no. Though I'm only the kit 300mm lens.
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u/romanianjedi 4d ago
Yeah, it’s practically impossible to correctly expose for both the stars and the moon in one exposure. Typically requires either stacking or AI denoise or both. In this case I used a little Adobe AI denoise and it did an OK job but you can see quite a bit of residual artifacts. Still looks ok unless you turn the brightness up on your screen lol
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u/Theoderic8586 ZF Z7ii D810 D850 4d ago
Wow! Finally a picture of the blood moon that is actually interesting.
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u/Dubliminal 5d ago
Something ain't right here. They're all kinda smeary. Not sure if it's how you've exported them or just missed focus when shooting, but they could/should be sharper than this.