Heavily processed Moon

[Dennis]

Hello,

Here is a 2 pane mosaic of the moon taken through the Tak Mewlon 180 with the Canon 40D. I have processed it quite heavily for the detail and a slight colour saturation.

Hope you like!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[multiweb]

:eyepop: This is really really nice Dennis. Top shot! :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

i like!! Dennis, another great shot mate

[Quark]

Absolute Rip Snorter there Dennis,

I must say I find it hard to get rev'd up over the Moon but this is a stunner of an image, I love it.

Love the colour, amazing resolution and scale.
Exceptionally well done Dennis.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsu p:

Regards
Trevor

[M54]

I'm in absolute awe.:thumbsup:

[[1ponders]]

You are da man Dennis. :thumbsup:

[mswhin63]

incredible mosaic Dennis, love the detail and colour. amazing how it shows the border for the coloured areas.

[jjjnettie]

Superb Dennis.
Fabulous.
Excellent.
Marvelous.
etc
etc
etc

[iceman]

Beautiful image, lovely work D.

[sheeny]

Wonderfully sharp, Dennis.

Al.

[spacezebra]

I enjoyed this image - excellent as always Dennis.

Cheers Petra d.

[troypiggo]

Whoah, sharp as. Nearly cut my eyes looking at it. Wonderful.

[Omaroo]

Whoa Dennis. Brilliant shot. My main interest is always the Moon - it's the most detailed object we can see by far I reckon.

Greg Bryant from AS&T has asked me for my moon shot that I did with my Tak MT-160 a while back for the next issue. I'm going to suggest that he uses yours.

[Dennis]

Thanks guys, like Chris (Omaroo), the Moon is one of my favourite objects – always welcoming and so forgiving of poor seeing when captured at the prime focus.

This was a rework from a session in Oct and I got the image looking as sharp and natural as possible in CS4 and then used the Topaz Labs (http://www.topazlabs.com/)Plug-in, “Topaz Detail” which boosted the micro contrast without introducing noise or sharpening artifacts. This made a HUGE difference - I like this Plug-in very much!:thumbsup:

I ran the Plug-in on a separate Layer and then blended it in as Luminosity at 50%.

Cheers

Dennis

[Kevnool]

Brilliant work Dennis.
Perfect clarity and focus.
You nailed a good`n.
Cheers Kev.

[Dennis]

Hi Chris

Download “Topaz Detail (http://www.topazlabs.com/downloads/index.php)” as a 30 day free trial and punch your MT-160 Moon (it was a cracker of a shot!) through it and I reckon it would come up just a treat for publication in AS&T!

Cheers

Dennis

[Omaroo]

Cheers Dennis - way ahead of you! LOL! I think that I'll be buying the whole bundle. What a great bunch of plugins!!!! Thanks so much for the heads-up! :thumbsup:

I'll give the MT-160 shot a burl, but I still reckon that yours is massively spectacular and deserves to be the one! :D

[rmcpb]

One word........................awesome

[DavidU]

Amazing shot Dennis ! Sharp as a tack.

[DJDD]

wow...
i love the colour

[Dennis]

Here is a comparison, pre and post application, of the “Topaz Detail” Plug-in for CS4.

Cheers

Dennis

[Kevnool]

Isnt that a big difference to the image.
Cheers Kev.

[Matt Wastell]

Nice one Dennis

[Omaroo]

Yep - I think I like the Topaz plugin Dennis. Here's the MT-160 shot with a very slight tweak in Topaz Detail.

[[1ponders]]

nah, throw it away Chris.

:doh: :doh: :doh:

[Omaroo]

Yeah... you're right Paul. Bad data....



:)



I've tried the Topaz filters (Detail & Denoise) on several deepsky objects of mine and it certainly looks promising... :thumbsup:

[[1ponders]]

don't forget to post for feeback ;)

[iceman]

I agree! The plugin set looks really good. I almost bought it yesterday after Dennis' recommendation in this thread!

[Dennis]

That’s just beautiful Chris.:thumbsup:

The black space makes it look like I’m on a close approach trajectory, heading for lunar rendezvous on an Apollo mission. I love the smoother tones on this one - in contrast my shot has that photojournalistic look about it. A bit like me – rough and gritty!:lol:

The plug in seems to work on the edges and make adjustments at the molecular level. I’ve just been using the default settings so far and blending in the effect on a separate layer.

Using the plug in is almost as good as watching your 1st print gradually come up in the dev tray in the darkroom.:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Omaroo]

Thanks Dennis - I luuuuurve the Moon! :)

Sorry to add it to your thread, but I'd like to emphasize the results that the Topaz set that you've introduced to us give. That shot has a slight "Denoise" applied to it as well, which resulted in the lower terminator smoothness. Very impressive. :thumbsup:

Only problem with these darn things is that the bar is raised so much furhter each time they're developed! LOL!!

[RB]

Absolutely wonderful shot Dennis and congrats on making IOTW.

Well done mate.

[slippo74]

IMPRESSIVE!!! I want a Mewlon too... saving for the 250.

[WarpSpider74]

Echoing everyone else's sentiments here... that is a spectacular moon, the contrast and colour are superb. :)

[Dennis]

Hi Chris

I’ve just spent the whole of the previous night, ‘til the wee hours of the morning, punching some older (terrestrial) photos through Topaz Adjust and Topaz Detail and where the original’s tones and detail support the actions of the plug-ins, the new output really pops!

Way too much data, a veritable plethora of software tools and sooo many adjustment settings….sigh….will I ever see daylight again!

Cheers

Dennis

PS – no need to apologise, from what I have seen on IIS your posts are always characterised by a professional, courteous and thoughtful manner and add value to the discussions.:)

[Dennis]

Wow – thank you to everyone for your lovely comments! I will pass them on to the Topaz Plug-in developers and Mr. Takahashi!;)

Cheers

Dennis

[Dennis]

Thanks Andrew and thanks for the heads up re IOTW!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[telecasterguru]

Dennis,

I am truly amazed at the image and the processing capabilities. I will definitely need to look at the Topaz plugins. To me they give a warmness a natural look and clarity that I have not seen before.

I'm flabergasted.

Frank

[mswhin63]

Definately worth the front spot on IIS.

[Omaroo]

New version of Topaz Detail - just received from Topaz labs via email:

[lacad01]

Beautiful work, lots of great detail :thumbsup: