Hi all,
Just a picture I took last night.
I jumped into the deep end; mirror lock-up, noise reduction, and RAW at 1600 ISO.
If there was one thing I learnt tonight, it is that I need to purchase DSLR Focus or a Stiletto IV from Stellar International. Just on that note, is anyone willing to make me a cable that I can use with DSLR Focus? I'm happy to pay for it.
Just a single 15 second exposure. I wanted to take more images for stacking purposes, however, he dipped below the roof of our house, and I really couldn't be bothered picking the scope up and re-aligning as it was 3 AM.
RAW to 16-bit TIFF using Canon's Raw Image Task conversion tool. I increased the exposure by +0.3. Photoshop processing includes levels, contrast, slight colouring, noise reduction and unsharp masking.
I also had a look at Jupiter as he came up above the eastern horizon. I could make out two bands and a bunch of moons. It looked fantastic even though the seeing wasn't all that great.
I look forward to spending many hours in the coming nights outside alone.
Regards,
Humayun