50% illuminated moon

[iceman (Mike)]

Captured the other night with an ED80 telescope and my Canon 6D, at a focal length of around 900mm.

I took 90 shots in a very short period of time, and used registax to pick the 'best' frames out of those. The best 30 frames were stacked together to reduce noise, and processed using Registax wavelets and Photoshop.

Larger version here: http://bit.ly/1dMz7DS

Was nice to be out! The Moon looked great.

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

Very sharp, and no bright saturation. Good fade in lunar terminator region. Not easy to do with a DSLR. Congratulations, nice work.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Saw this on your FB wall. Excellent image. Nice and sharp.

Trevor

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice and sharp. Well done.

[Solar (Ralph Smith)]

Beautiful work Mike.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Sharp as.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

That is my favourite phase / view of the Moon - thanks for the pic!

[stardust steve (Steve)]

Looks great

[iceman (Mike)]

Originally Posted by jsmoraes

Very sharp, and no bright saturation. Good fade in lunar terminator region. Not easy to do with a DSLR. Congratulations, nice work.

Thanks Jorge!

Originally Posted by Regulus

Saw this on your FB wall. Excellent image. Nice and sharp.

Trevor

Thanks Trevor, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice and sharp. Well done.

Thanks Marc, it was mixed seeing but there was some good frames to work with.

Originally Posted by Solar

Beautiful work Mike.

Thanks for the feedback.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Sharp as.

Thanks Nettie! I wish I could get an astronaut to sign it

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

That is my favourite phase / view of the Moon - thanks for the pic!

Thanks Matt - mine too, been wanting to get a shot of this phase for ages.

Originally Posted by stardust steve

Looks great

Thanks Steve.