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Old 21-07-2005, 07:53 AM
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I had a go at your moon avi as well, but you already did a good job processing it in your own thread. It was a tad too exposed but it just takes practise.

I'd recommend always leaving contrast and gamma at 0 (default) and brightness at 50 (default).

Use shutter speed and gain to alter your exposure.

Use the histogram bar on k3ccdtools to make sure it stays below 255 (white). If it's 255, it's overexposed and you'll get the bright white areas on your image. I aim for around 200-220 as the brightest portion so there's a good range.

It's better to slightly underexpose than overexpose.. the image processing techniques are much more favourable in brightening a darker image than darkening an already overexposed one - once it's bright white the detail is lost and can't be recovered.

HTH.
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