Moon Mosaic 10-4-06

[1ponders] (Paul) · #1 11-04-2006, 12:44 PM

I have to say I'm pretty chuffed with this mosaic. I think it's come together very nicely. I may play with the individual elements a bit more later but atm after a very light reg wavelet and put together with autostitch I'm happy.

Details:
35 images
Orion ED80
2X barlow and ToUcam.
Mostly full auto on exposure with only a tad manual adjustment when needed.
20 sec exposures at 10 fps, minimal processesing in Reg

Striker (Tony) · #2 11-04-2006, 12:48 PM

Looks great Paul.

Print it out and stick it on the wall.

Nice and sharp..well done.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #3 11-04-2006, 12:55 PM

Thanks Tony. Who says a full moon isn't good for anything. Well not quite full but close enough.

I've decided to have another go at it. It's a shame autostitch doesn't take bmps. This time when I convert them in PS I'll keep to highest quality and when I autostitch them I'll go 100% and no compression in the final image. That way I can control the final upload image better in PS.

wavelandscott (Scott) · #4 11-04-2006, 01:04 PM

That sure is pretty!

Dennis · #5 11-04-2006, 01:25 PM

Wow - 35 avi's to process into a single image, then 35 images to stack – great job and well done!

Does the commercial version of autostitch open bmp's? I use the free version and it seems to expire every 30 days or so, and can only open jpg's.

Cheers

Dennis

[1ponders] (Paul) · #6 11-04-2006, 01:27 PM

I haven't looked into it Dennis. It might be worth looking into, though it's hard to move away from the freebees.

I just delete it when it doesn't work anymore and reinstall it

davidpretorius · #7 11-04-2006, 02:18 PM

that mr moderator is one of the best I have ever seen!

Robert_T · #8 11-04-2006, 02:59 PM

what a corker! and it's BIG! c'mon is it really a mosaic, where are the joins

well done mate!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #9 11-04-2006, 03:36 PM

Funny you should mention joins. I think a bit of PS cheatery is in order. If you have a look from Gassendi across to Billy near the terminator you will see a join. I only spotted it a few minutes ago. I'll fix it up later

iceman (Mike) · #10 11-04-2006, 03:56 PM

35!? You're a sucker for punishment mr ponders!

Looks nice, well done.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #11 11-04-2006, 10:50 PM

Ok the seam is sorta gone and this is a higher res image as well.

warning dial-uppers, 146 k

beren · #12 11-04-2006, 11:16 PM

Impressive Mr Ponders

acropolite (Phil) · #13 12-04-2006, 08:08 AM

Yep Paul, very impressive, but what may I ask, has happened to the studies...

[1ponders] (Paul) · #14 12-04-2006, 08:17 AM

They are still going strong Phil. We're studying the moon's formation, cratering etc, this fortnight

Any excuse. I'm on holidays atm so I'm making hay while the sunshines (well moon shines actually). Besides when I was processing these I had the laptop humming away beside me with the course material on. And I still had a class last night. Good thing you pmed me about tonight so I can put it in my diary

Wife's feeling a bit neglected though