My first attempt at Lunar photography

middy · #1 13-08-2006, 02:19 PM

The moon was too bright to image anything else on Friday night, so I thought I'd have a lash at some afocal lunar images.

This is Mare Crisium. I think I underexposed them a bit because I had to do some major adjustments to get it this bright.

6 shots of 1/90 sec @ ISO 200, stacked in Registax with 10 point MAP processing.

It was actually quite fun photographing craters on the moon. I can feel a new obsession coming on.

mick pinner · #2 13-08-2006, 03:19 PM

very impressive for a first or even second attempt,it really is practice from now on, just take heaps of images at different settings till you find out what works.

matt · #3 13-08-2006, 03:21 PM

Well done Andrew

Keep going with the moon shots coz there are so many worthwhile targets and it's loads of fun

Dennis · #4 13-08-2006, 04:45 PM

Nice one Andrew. Thanks for adding the labels; they bring the image to life knowing the name of some of the features.

Cheers

Dennis

Robert_T · #5 14-08-2006, 09:06 AM

Thanks ANdrew, great shot - you must be impressed for a first attempt at the moon, I am! Love the labels too... I'm a bit challenged when it come to knowing what's what on the moon so this sort of thing helps!

cheers,

ving (David) · #6 14-08-2006, 11:19 AM

thats just a super first go!!!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #7 14-08-2006, 08:13 PM

Nice one Andrew. It's a slippery road ye be treadin' mate. Astrophotography, it starts to get a 'old of ya afta a while an' ya sooon starrt llooosin' ye sosial scills frum lak off humun contakt

RB (Andrew) · #8 14-08-2006, 08:30 PM

Well done Andrew, I also love the idea of the labels.

You're spot on Paul. Best not to open the astrophotography can'o'worms...