26 June 2010 partial lunar eclipse from Wallsend

[h0ughy]

well i still have a few reprocesses to go but i am getting happy with it. The moment of maximum coverage as seen from Wallsend.

Had to contend with rain and cloud, dog and RB, but i managed to get this - thank goodness it cleared for this phase:lol:


i know i have to fix the outer edge on the right - next repro

EDIT--> FINAL REPRO IS HERE (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment_browse.php?a=78955)

[Octane]

Dave,

That is magnificent!

Well done; the subtlety is what makes it so appealing.

Awesome. :)

H

[h0ughy]

thanks H - i stll have to redo from scratch to fix up the right side

[Octane]

You mean the slight glow? I'm viewing on my iPhone at the moment and it looks the goods to me. I'll view on a monitor soon.

I like it, anyways!

H

[h0ughy]

not quite - the over exposed section on the far right

[Omaroo]

Top shot there David. In retrospect, I wish that I had exposed for the shadowed area instead.

[h0ughy]

thanks CHris, i covered every exposure from 2.5 sec through to 1/2000 sec very quickly - all under 45sec:lol:;)

[Jen]

:lol::lol: I did that too Houghy :lol: Its the first time ive used this camera to take pics of the moon so i had no idea what i was doing :rolleyes::rofl:

[asimov]

That is one great image David. I love it!:eyepop:

[peter_4059]

Great image Dave - did you combine the exposures manually or did you use HDR?

[firstlight]

Looks like it is coming along nicely, David. Can't wait for the repro.

No chance of doing that here:


Not organised enough
Too much cloud
Not organised enough

Cheers
Tony

[sheeny]

That's superb, Dave! Definitely a keeper!

I see what you mean about the far RHS but to be honest it doesn't detract from it too much. If you gave fix that on the next Sid then it'll be a really impressive shot!:thumbsup:

I love it! Well compressed I say!

Al.

[h0ughy]

did another repro - though i am not sure i like it? the right side is still there but now i realise why it is that aqua green colour - earths ozone layer - i caught that in my total eclipse shot two years ago. DOH.........

i used a programme called photomatix pro to make the initial hdr type image from the 26 raw shots then into Pixinsight for some background cleaning up and noise reduction then into photoshop for some resizing

[Jen]

:thumbsup: coming along nicely Houghy i like it :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

righto - another tweak

[sheeny]

Like the first one, Dave. Technically I suppose the second one is more natural, but the detail in the first one gives it a real punch!:thumbsup:

Al.

[jjjnettie]

Really really nice Dave.

[StephenM]

Excellent image David! Really good.

Cheers,
Stephen

[lacad01]

Great pic!! :thumbsup:

[firstlight]

I'm with Al, the first one has plenty of crunchy detail, and doesn't look as over cooked as the last (my opinion). Having said that the dark side detail is best in the last but I would still pick the first.

[Big Dave]

Nice, I missed the maximum with hail. Great detail and nice colour gradient.
Artistically I vote for the original version; if you were running a pole.

[h0ughy]

thanks for the input guys and gals. I need to slightly fix up the first shot to remove some of the noise - and clean up my HDD as i have far too many Repros



ok have taken on board all the comments and have trashed everything i have done except for the first shot - now cleaning that up for noise

[seeker372011]

man that is awesome
well done

[seeker372011]

hail? are you a Collingwood supporter then?

[Paul Haese]

A ver nice Dave. I have data for the darkened side and the light side within seconds but need to work out how to do the mask. You got any tips?

Lovely work and like you I got the pink too, but unlike you the green.

[astroron]

Dave, The first one hit my eye, the others not so much.
well done

[h0ughy]

HONEST - this is my final repro of this - fixed up the noise issues of the first shot.


Paul - i dumped the cr2 raw files (26 of them) into Photomatix Pro then saved as a 16 bit tiff - processed that in Pixinsight (dynamic background extraction and ACDNR reduction with a slight unsharp mask) then resized in photoshop for the web

[Paul Haese]

So how did you get the colour to come through. I have the HDR image but the colour is not present in the HDR but the red is certainly visible in the over exposed image. Your last image looks the best I reckon.

[h0ughy]

sent you an email Paul - you can see what i have

[michaellxv]

Very well done Dave. You have captured what was a subtle red tinge very wel. I like it. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Thanks Michael

[Paul Haese]

Thanks David. I can see why you have colour in your images now. Mine has only vague pink; yours has so much more colour.

[ChrisM]

David, you have captured the eclipse very well. Not visible here this time, and your pics are far better than what was shown on the TV news! (Not surprisingly).

Chris

[h0ughy]

no worries Paul - i took nearly 16 gig of data like that - capturing it all up until 10pm - when i ran out of storage LOL

glad you liked it Chris - it wouldnt be what it is without the help of RB - his guiding light gave me this image

:thumbsup:

[M54]

Terriffic shot!
My vote was for the first one too.:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks Molly - did you look at the last one i posted:question:

[firstlight]

I agree with Molly. On my monitor your last repro is much greener, and I think the first one seems "cleaner" if I can put it that way. Again only my opinion.

Good work all round.

[iceman]

The repro's were worth it Dave. The last one is the best of the lot.

Brilliant!

[iceman]

What are the details?
Camera, lens, exposures etc?

[iceman]

This is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au).

[Dennis]

A fantastic series of images well planned, executed and processed. They have the hallmark of a master at work! The first was good, but the last image is an absolute cracker!

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

thanks Mike, and thanks for the IOTW - need to credit my mentor ---> RB

[h0ughy]

thanks Dennis

[suma126]

thats great looking shot Dave :thumbsup: i have just ordered photomatrix pro .

[h0ughy]

Thanks for the appreciation and look forward to your creations from the package;)

[alexch]

There is a lot to like in this image - very well done, David!
I reckon it looks better than the full eclipse images - shows the subtle transition very well.
Alex

[h0ughy]

Thanks Alex - there is a tinge of green in there so i will have to tweak it to reduce that

[alexch]

I reckon it would make a very good APOD - worth a try.

[Quark]

Excellent result David, well worth the effort that you put in.

Regards
Trevor

[h0ughy]

thanks Alex - i dont know how they get their APOD images - maybe they are forwarded on to them?

Thanks Trevor

[allan gould]

Good one Dave - I like your last reproduction.
Allan

[venus]

The image is truly amazing, congrats on IOTW

[h0ughy]

Thanks Allan



thanks Lydia

[acropolite]

Stunning image Sir h0ugh, the processing is to my tastes as well. :thumbsup:

[RobF]

A most worthy IOTW David, and great to see you were brave enough to post the work in progress images along the way.

Love the last one though! :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

thanks Phil

Thaks Rob - not brave just stupid LOL

[danielsun]

Very nice work there Mr Hough! :thumbsup:And a well deserved IOTW.;)


Cheers Daniel.

[SMan]

Awesome, congrats.

[h0ughy]

Thanks Daniel

TA - Glad you enjoyed it Henry

[Phil Hart]

great stuff dave.. lunar eclipse shots look so simple, but for shots like this i know neither the imaging nor the processing are easy! you are certainly weilding some nice touch with your processing skills.. impressive.

me.. well.. um.. i missed (forgot) most of it.. :sadeyes:. had been pretty cloudy but caught the last twenty minutes in clear sky once i realised what i'd been missing!

[h0ughy]

thanks Phil - i am still learning and have a long long way to go before i get up to you and the rest - i am struggling with the repros on this as the aqua colour is extremely strong on the right:help:

[sheeny]

Congrats on IOTW, Dave!

A worthy recipient for sure.:thumbsup:

Al.

[h0ughy]

thanks Al

[alan meehan]

Very good DAVE ,lovely shot and well processed a great deal of effort was put in to it :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Thanks AL - mate you know me - it was just pure luck everything worked:rofl:

[h0ughy]

Ok i have reporcessed this from scratch - any better?

[michaellxv]

Does it look any better he asks :rofl:
It looks like you have pulled it out from behind a curtain. :thumbsup:

[firstlight]

That looks great Dave. the limb has been finally squared away, the green cast in the penumbral shadow has been contained and definition is much clearer, less hazy. At least that is how it looks from my monitor (a somewhat dodgey CRT :)).

Cheers
Tony

[h0ughy]

Thanks?

yeah that was bugging me, but its no silk purse!

[rogerg]

Top shot Houghy. I like the original best, not the re-process. :)

[h0ughy]

fair enough:thanx:

[Dennis]

Hi Dave

Your lovely reprocess in msg#27 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=608470&postcount=27)is still my favourite. The one in msg#66 looks a little overcooked?

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

less time in oven - understood;)

[sheeny]

I like it Dave!

Al.

[h0ughy]

I have been starting to use the same process on some of the other data i have. One seems ot have worked and the other failed. the times are 9.28pm and 8.46pm - anyway comments welcomed. I will be reprocessing the 8.46pm version - its terrible but i thought i would show it anyway - LOL a lesson of not what to do!!;)

[michaellxv]

I meant it in a good way.

[Astro78]

I love seeing the (temporary) 'dark side' visable.. very nice pic houghy

[h0ughy]

Yes I reprocessed the 8.46pm shot:shrug:

[h0ughy]

no worries - just me:screwy:

[h0ughy]

glad you like it:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

the two added images – one sequence for 9.28pm and another for 8.46pm made up of 32 and 31 shots respectively. Stacked in Photomatix, processed in Pixinsight for DBE, ACDNR reduction and mask moon to lift background, then into Photoshop for colour correction and detail enhancement – quite a simple process really…..

[beren]

:)Congrats David fine image

[h0ughy]

thanks Stuart, did you have any perth side shots?

[beren]

Gday David alas nothing from me I was up in the Pilbara that night with cloud cover unfortunately :P, looks like Roger had a good night though for us westside

[michaellxv]

The two new images look good with nice detail coming through on the shaded side.

[h0ughy]

Its unique ;) and probably not to everyone's taste.

Fair enough - thought you guys had clear cold weather, anyway thanks for the lookin:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

this is the stack of the last sequence i took of the eclipse - I am kicking myself now that i didnt keep going

[Jen]

:thumbsup: nice Houghy :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

when i did this one i noticed i didnt have much left in the tank to store the images

[h0ughy]

sort of watching the tour de france while processing these;)

here is the 9.53pm one

[Jen]

Umm it might help if you post the pic Houghy :lol::lol:

[h0ughy]

redid the original the same settings as the ones i have done tonight

[RB]

Excellent work David !!
Congratulations on IOTW, well deserved indeed.
This last shot you posted is gorgeous, lovely subtle hues in there.

I had the privilege of dropping in on Dave on the night of the eclipse, since I was driving back from Newcastle, he invited me over to see his setup and the man in action. :D

Had a great time, even though it was just a short visit.
David's setup is awesome and the observatory is perfect, I didn't expect it to be so roomy.

Here's a couple of shots I took on the night with my dinky little Nokia phone.
LOL it's the only shot of the eclipse I got on the night. :D

Thanks for having me over Dave.

[multiweb]

Nice one and congrats on IOTW. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Hey now thats not funny :P posting images like that might make people choke or worse while they are eating dinner RB. You are welcome to come back - maybe with a Tak;)

Thanks Marc

[h0ughy]

the mid eclipse shot is bugging me - i still cant get it right. I have now tried various different methods - now another one.

Tried a method of stacking with aligning with Photomatix, and a special masking technique with pixinsight to not lift the bright side of the moon. Is it any better - if not can you suggest what to do?

Overall there are 25 images stacked in this image repro #13

[firstlight]

David! Paralysis by analysis!

I do have to say that this last repro has finer detail, and there is more to see in the shadow than the penultimate one. It seems to me that there is a greenish cast in the penumbra, but all in all a mighty piece of work. I have no real ability when it comes to colour balancing and such, but maybe back a little off the green channel? Might muck the rest of it up so it might be best to leave it.

Breathe deep, still the mind young grasshopper.

[h0ughy]

Tony as an image processor i am a mug. Nooo Idea what i am doing - or why for that matter?

[michaellxv]

Looks like you have found the right balance. IMO the penumbra colour is the penumbra colour. The detail in the shadow is excellent and you have the bright side under control.

[h0ughy]

Thanks Michael - well i have had it printed on photopaper from photolab - hey tony it will be in the mail tomorrow for Qld Astrofest EvDVpC

[firstlight]

So much for anonymity :lol:

[h0ughy]

Tony no one pays attention to my stuff anyway - so anonymity is assured;):lol:

[Jen]

:lol::lol: repro #13 lucky for some hey Houghy :lol:

[h0ughy]

always;)

[RB]

That's a terrific repro David.
I think I like this one the best.

LOL Photomatix is certainly getting a work out, 25 frames, wow !!. :P

[h0ughy]

LOL you created a monster showing me the package RB. used the stack and align method and a lot of luck. hey maybe i will read the instructions so i know how it works properly, but then i havent done that much with Pixinsight or Photoshop for that matter. Fly by the seat of your pants processing - LOL nothing like it. Each time you have a stab at it you get a different result:D

[Matt Wastell]

Very nice!

[h0ughy]

thanks Matt