The Moon 2nd Of October 2009

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Here is a photo of the Moon on the 4th of October taken through a 4 megapixel Olympus Camedia D-545 Zoom.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Nice one Sean!

Was that hand-held, or using an adapter to hold the camera?

Cheers,
Stephen

[Quark (Trevor)]

Well done Sean,

Some nice crisp detail present in this image.

With the Moon it is always a compromise with the exposure, trying not to washout the bright regions while trying to not make the darker regions to dark.

This is a nice effort but you could have, maybe, gone for a fraction longer exposure.

Regards
Trevor

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by StephenM

Nice one Sean!

Was that hand-held, or using an adapter to hold the camera?

Cheers,
Stephen

Thankyou, It was hand-held.

Originally Posted by Quark

Well done Sean,

Some nice crisp detail present in this image.

With the Moon it is always a compromise with the exposure, trying not to washout the bright regions while trying to not make the darker regions to dark.

This is a nice effort but you could have, maybe, gone for a fraction longer exposure.

Regards
Trevor

It was a non-exposure image because I used a Dobsonian.

Thankyou, although I need to improve my re-processing

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Nice work!! Great details.

By exposure Quark means, you could allow more time on the image. eg 30secs. He may have missed though, that you are using a Point and shoot not a DSLR, so I would image you can not do long exposures...
Your exposure time looks fine to me though.

You could definately pull out more detail, through processing, as you said.

This is a quick re-work. Not necessarily better, just my view.
Slight sharpen, Curves, Switched to B&W (to remove halo), Contrast adjust and Noise reduction.

Turned out alright, your initial shot is tops though!!
Keep 'em coming!!

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by Lumen Miner

Nice work!! Great details.

By exposure Quark means, you could allow more time on the image. eg 30secs. He may have missed though, that you are using a Point and shoot not a DSLR, so I would image you can not do long exposures...
Your exposure time looks fine to me though.

You could definately pull out more detail, through processing, as you said.

This is a quick re-work. Not necessarily better, just my view.
Slight sharpen, Curves, Switched to B&W (to remove halo), Contrast adjust and Noise reduction.

Turned out alright, your initial shot is tops though!!
Keep 'em coming!!

What software were you using?

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Nice capture there.

Good detail as well.

Geoffro.

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Originally Posted by seanliddelow

What software were you using?

Gimp
Noiseware community edition

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

I have adjusted the brightness and contrast and I have also sharpened it, but the curve is hard to get right.