First real go with the DBK41 - Moon

[midnight (Darrin)]

Hi all!

I recently bought a DBK41 and really happy with it. such a neat little unit and its performance is quite good.

Anyway, here is my first real attempt in using the DBK.

- Meade 5000 ED80mm + 2x Powermate (FL 960mm)
- 600 frames each
- Stacked in Registax version 6 (v6 is so different to V5.x)
- Total of 9 images in a mosaic and "stitched" in CS4 via layers. My dodgey PS skills resulted in me not quite knowing how to fade the edges of each layer to avoid sharp transitions.

Struggling to get a clear night over here so last night was an opportunity and a break from my deeper sky ventures for now until the moon clears.

Thanks for looking.

Darrin...

[Grahame (Grahame)]

jeez thats a nice one darrin! I would say your well on the right track there.

[asimov (John)]

That looks excellent to me Darrin! Well done.

[samilag (Giuseppe)]

Hi Darrin,
spectacular picture with very high quality.
I have a DBK41 and I 'm very happy about its performance on jupiter and saturn.

Giuseppe

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

First night of clear skies in a long time and i did my back in. Lovely picture, so sharp.

Amazing how well the 80mm can work especially with the right camera.

[midnight (Darrin)]

Originally Posted by mswhin63

First night of clear skies in a long time and i did my back in. Lovely picture, so sharp.

Amazing how well the 80mm can work especially with the right camera.

Thanks Malcolm. Yes, a good triplet does perform nicely.

Originally Posted by samilag

Hi Darrin,
spectacular picture with very high quality.
I have a DBK41 and I 'm very happy about its performance on jupiter and saturn.
Giuseppe

Glad you like your DBK as well Giuseppe. I will be turning to the planets soon too. Cheers.

Originally Posted by asimov

That looks excellent to me Darrin! Well done.

Thanks very much John. I finally took your advice and got the DBK as I had pushed my 40D's video to its limits.

Originally Posted by Grahame

jeez thats a nice one darrin! I would say your well on the right track there.

Thanks Grahame. It was actually good to get back to imaging the moon after trying to climb that steep DSO ladder.

Darrin...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Super sharp. Love it! Select the 4 layers then go to Edit>Auto-Blend Layers. Easy peasy.

[desler]

I love it, really good detail. You've certinally got the DBK working really well.


Darren

[Paul Haese]

Nice work Darrin. Great contrast and hardly any blown areas. I reckon you have got that sorted. Crisp as well. Well done.

[gregbradley]

A sensational image Darrin.

Greg.

[RobF (Rob)]

Best moon shot I've seen for ages. Thanks for showing.

[cybereye (Mario)]

Deadset grouse Moon shot!!

Mario

[Poita (Peter)]

Has made me all tempted to get the DBK41 again!

[midnight (Darrin)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Super sharp. Love it! Select the 4 layers then go to Edit>Auto-Blend Layers. Easy peasy.

Cheers, thanks Marc! Will give that a go.

Originally Posted by desler

I love it, really good detail. You've certinally got the DBK working really well.

Darren

Thanks mate. The DBK is such a wonderful unit to work with and it's solid yet not too heavy. I really like the quality of the unit.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice work Darrin. Great contrast and hardly any blown areas. I reckon you have got that sorted. Crisp as well. Well done.

Thanks Paul. Waiting for the moon to clear to give your old 40D a run!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A sensational image Darrin.

Greg.

Thanks Greg! I am certainly enjoying the challenges each equipment variation throws at me.

Originally Posted by RobF

Best moon shot I've seen for ages. Thanks for showing.

I'm glad the image has come out good enough to get this feedback. Thank you very much and it is certainly a pleasure to share as just about all my knowledge gained has been from IIS.

Originally Posted by cybereye

Deadset grouse Moon shot!!

Mario

Thanks very much Mario!!!

Originally Posted by Poita

Has made me all tempted to get the DBK41 again!

You won't be dissappointed!

Cheers,
Darrin...

[zardos123 (Brad)]

great result, you are a long way ahead of me on the processing, new unit looks great

[Lester]

Very nice image Darrin, the detail overall is sharp and well exposed.

[Ric]

Excellent image Darrin.

Wonderfully crisp and clear.

[midnight (Darrin)]

Originally Posted by zardos123

great result, you are a long way ahead of me on the processing, new unit looks great

Thanks Brad. Just keep experimenting and do some research. That's all I did. Registax 6 is definitely recommended after this outcome.

Originally Posted by Lester

Very nice image Darrin, the detail overall is sharp and well exposed.

Thanks Lester. Exposure was my greatest concern as it is too easy to think your image is too dim when it isn't.

Originally Posted by Ric

Excellent image Darrin.

Wonderfully crisp and clear.

Thanks Ric. Having the moon almost overhead helped too!

Cheers,
Darrin...

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Congrats on a fine image(s) - good luck with the DMK!