Hi All,
This is my first post in the non beginners section
. I've only just been getting into this astro photography stuff and learnt heaps from IIS.
Anyway, I still honing my skills on a typical beginner's target - the moon.
So here is another one taken last night.
I have been getting a lot of help from fellow members and I thought why not try prime focus via my 1.4x tele extender. So this is the Canon 40D with 1.4x extender and then prime photo into my LXD55 8" SN.
I am having much better results with a 2" aperture mask suggested by Omaroo so I have used this with the 8" OTA
So the photos were taken at F16 and 1/60th. I used Registax and wrestled with this for a few hours
and then had a go in Photoshop
. I still can't work out masks etc yet so just some basic curves adjustments.
I would love to hear any suggestions for improvements, contrast and I think the colour is still - well - lifeless.
Thanks for looking
Cheers,
Darrin...