the moon

[lesbehrens (Les)]

hi i have taken these pics with the canon 450 d through a SW ed 80. i think they are OK but i think i need a better way of getting a sharper focus. maybe a micro focuser or get a lap top to see what i am taking. what do u think?? these are the best ones out of the lot.
les

[iceman (Mike)]

The focus looks pretty good to me!

Could just use some cropping and some minor sharpening as part of your post processing.

[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi Les,
If you are concerned about the focus it may be worth trying a focus mask on your scope, there is quite an extensive thread on the Bahatinov mask on IIS. Not sure if I have spelt the guys name correctly. Then you would focus your scope on a star then go back to the Moon.

Regards
Trevor

[lesbehrens (Les)]

Originally Posted by Quark

Hi Les,
If you are concerned about the focus it may be worth trying a focus mask on your scope, there is quite an extensive thread on the Bahatinov mask on IIS. Not sure if I have spelt the guys name correctly. Then you would focus your scope on a star then go back to the Moon.

Regards
Trevor

oh so thats how the mask works. lol
les

[lesbehrens (Les)]

my latest moon pics taken on the 7/03/09 thourghy my ed80

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Well done Les.
It's all really a matter of practice.
I really want to get those programs to you so you can do more processing on your images.