The Mineral Moon

[DavidNg (David)]

Hi,

Inspired by Mike's photos and instruction how to take and process the colour Moon.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-656-0-0-1-0.html

I took about 100 frames with Nikon D200, aligned,and stacked with PI, colour saturation and curves with PS.

Thanks for looking.

David

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Love the colour!

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Good one David. I like it a lot. Dont see many on this forum.

[DavidNg (David)]

Thank you Stefan and Rowland.

[iceman (Mike)]

Brilliant image!

I reckon you could raise the black point even more to give it a black background and more contrast.

[DavidNg (David)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Brilliant image!

I reckon you could raise the black point even more to give it a black background and more contrast.

Thanks Mike,

It's strange on my Mac it looks completely black background, my Windows at work it is not. Is there a way of adjusting Mac screen?

David

[Jon (Jonathan)]

Nice work. I have one of these myself, following Mike's article. I'd love to see some close-ups of areas of the moon that use this technique to bring out colour contrast.

[DavidNg (David)]

Originally Posted by Jon

Nice work. I have one of these myself, following Mike's article. I'd love to see some close-ups of areas of the moon that use this technique to bring out colour contrast.

Thank Jon and Mike's instruction. I have tried the 4x Televue barlow lens, but for some reason I couldn't get a sharp images, may try again later.

David

[Jon (Jonathan)]

Originally Posted by DavidNg

Thank Jon and Mike's instruction. I have tried the 4x Televue barlow lens, but for some reason I couldn't get a sharp images, may try again later.

David

Probably best bet is to take some AVIs and stack them with Registax or similar, then crank up the saturation as per Mike's article.

[DavidNg (David)]

Originally Posted by Jon

Probably best bet is to take some AVIs and stack them with Registax or similar, then crank up the saturation as per Mike's article.

I've tried stacking with Registax, both with v5 and v6, they often crashed halfway through, probably I used RAW and 100 files. May try again when full moon.
Thanks
DAvid

[ChiefDreamer (Hun)]

Wow seriously nice pic

[Poita (Peter)]

Originally Posted by DavidNg

Thanks Mike,

It's strange on my Mac it looks completely black background, my Windows at work it is not. Is there a way of adjusting Mac screen?

David

http://www.macworld.com/article/1151...urmonitor.html it is a little different under lion, but close enough to follow the procedure.
I'd invest in a colormunki and do it properly though.

Also give autostakkert a try as well if registax gives issues.

[DavidNg (David)]

Thanks Peter for your advice. I've calibrated my Mac screen. Look better already. autostakkert too I will give a go. Thanks