I thought I posted a few of my large 20" X 30" pastel lunar sketches a couple weeks ago but the AAA system reports the log to show I have not visited the site here since April 6 2009? Perhaps I am seeing another forum in AAA? I am new here so still learning the format of the site. (I have been featured in the Cloudy nights Forums for about a year in the US.)
My Gallery is at >
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=37924&cat=50 0
Many of you may have seen my images in Spaceweather.com over the past few years and once in Astronomy Picture of the Day.
So if I failed to post here before; I'll try again. These are done from live observation through my 10" Dobsonian hand tracked while sketching. This first one was produced about a week and a half ago when the moon was a waning gibbous phase. The close-up features at the terminator are done first over a 2 hour period, then the whole lunar disc is drawn (here at 10 inches diameter later inside from a photo taken thorugh the eyepiece), finally adding the imaginary artists conception at the surface. The others in stacked order are ascending in previous dates with the exception of the final one, a humorus comic recently done about 3 weeks ago.
Again I am struggling with how to attach the photos, as only a link or as an open image? I am failing to see the posting options for URL or links?? I think I just figured it out? (The final image was done as humor.) Is there a gallery storage space here in AAA? Thanks for any advice
best regards,
-Mark
also at >
www.markseibold.com
www.myspace.com/marksolarprophet and Mark Seibold in Facebook