moon shots, 14th dec

[lateralus]

did these about 2 hours ago (9.30pm).

however, they weren't properly done. i was steadily holding my kodak cx4230 digital camera infront of the eye piece. but considering how crappy my method was, i think the results are fairly pleasing. :D

enjoy,

cristina

[asimov]

Very cool Cristina. It's not easy getting pleasant hand-held shots. Well done!

[davidpretorius]

i suggest a digiscope from frontier optics for around $69. it clamps to the eyepiece and then you can screw your camera into a stable position

great shots kristiana, ( i told you i was full of it )

[RB]

Cristina these shots are good, much better than what I achieved when I first tried afocal photography.
It's quite difficult to do it that way and you pulled out some great detail.
In places the camera has overexposed the image a bit.

I'd like to try and adjust the levels on these to try and get some of that detail out, if that's ok with you?

:)

[asimov]

No, I told you 'you were full-of-it'-Davo-remember? :P

[iceman]

Excellent work cristina, well done!

You should have a read of my Astrophotography with a Dob (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,201,0,0,1,0) article - it might give you some hints and tips on how to get the best results with afocal (and later, webcam based) photography with a non-tracking dob.

[Robert_T]

lovely stuff cristina :) well done


copernicus and its rays look particularly drammatic in pic 2

cheers

[Hitchhiker]

Hi lateralus and welcome to IIS. :)

Great shots of the moon with a hand held point and shoot. You should be very pleased with the result!

[lateralus]

thanks all for the feedback and lovely comments.:P



that's fine by me! i did a bit of a bang up job in photoshop adjusting brightness, contrast, colour levels and variations and all of that. im no wizard with it, but i tried to bring out as much detail as i knew how to.
if you like i could post the originals?

[RB]

Yep that would be great. I'll PM you my email.

:)