May 2011 Full Moon in Colour

[iceman]

Hi all

Another month, another Full Moon. :) Trying to get back into the rhythm of astrophotography, during the May Full Moon we had great clear skies and I setup the ED80 and Canon 40D to capture some more images of our nearest celestial neighbour.

I used the same setup and same procedure as my last capture in April (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2011/04/20/back-on-the-bike-colour-saturated-full-moon/), but this time stacked about 65 images. The seeing was terrible, even at the short focal length of approx 1000mm. But I'm happy with the results here.

I think these ones are sharper and I like the greater contrast in these when compared with my April efforts (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2011/04/20/back-on-the-bike-colour-saturated-full-moon/).

Larger images here:
May 2011 Full Moon in Colour (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/2011/05/24/may-2011-full-moon-in-colour/)

Thanks for looking.

[multiweb]

Love the colors. Nice but not overdone. Great details too. :thumbsup:

[Troy]

Nice shots Mike and good to see you imaging again :)

[Clayton]

Nice shots Mike. I like both results.

[Quark]

Looking good Mike, a nice balance with the contrast and colour looks great.

Regards
Trevor

[Octane]

Mike,

Wow -- they both look fantastic. I really like the first one for its unusual saturation; the second has wonderful contrast.

Top shelf!

H

[anthony.tony]

It takes some practice to get the Colours right-Reguards Tony

[mswhin63]

Very nice, great colour and great depth of contrast too :thumbsup:

[renormalised]

Nice shots, Mike....like the colour saturation in the first pic:)

[midnight]

Mike,

The moon is a fantastic subject and I enjoy its challenges. You have managed to control the contrast well without blowing out the highlights which I find difficult to control so well done:thumbsup:. A hardware combo I can relate to so it's great to see this image!

Cheers,
Darrin...

[iceman]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your comments. It means a lot.

It's nice to be back into it.. The Moon is great because it's so quick and easy to get a decent shot.

Don't need to be properly polar aligned, don't need *great* seeing (at that focal length) to get a good image, and the whole process can be over in 20 minutes. :)

[Saturn%5]

Very nice :thumbsup:

[StephenM]

As the others have said, great contrast and colours Mike!

Cheers,
Stephen

[iceman]

Thanks Graeme and Stephen.

I've made this image of the Full Moon IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au). It's a good chance to highlight the June Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse too!

[rcheshire]

Very difficult to achieve - nice one Mike.

[Jaybee]

Wow, Awesome image Mike, Loving the colour and the razor sharp detail.
:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Lovely shot :thumbsup:... of a horrible object :mad2:

:lol:

Mike

[John Hothersall]

Thats very nicely done, remember an interview with Neil Armstrong talking about the brown/tan colours on the surface even though dust was grey close up.

John.

[atalas]

Nice work Ice!

[iceman]

Thanks Rowland. It's quite easy to overdo it or introduce too much noise etc. It's hard to be subtle sometimes :)


Thanks :) The seeing was terrible on this night so I'm hoping to have another try maybe in July and hope for better seeing to make it a bit sharper.


Thanks Mike, you gotta love a full moon though :) With your narrowband work now, the Moon is no deterrent?


Wow interesting, I hadn't heard that. Thanks John.


Thanks Louie, is nice to be back on the bike. Even though it still has training wheels and can only point at the Moon :)