My first moon pic

[TidaLpHasE]

Great shot Matt, focus is perfect and looks sharp as.

It's a lot better than my first afocal moon shots, keep em coming

[67champ]

Very Nice!!!

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[matt]

Thanks guys. Very supportive.

Bolstered by your encouragement I ventured into my Canberra backyard again last night (gotta make the most of the first truly clear sjy in about 3 weeks) and made a few adjustments here and there.

I think I've improved on my first night out? The saturation/ overexposure at the limb seems reduced.

I also had a go with the 6ml Vixen LV ... just for a bit of detail in Theophilus.

Hope you like 'em. As always, any tips/ advice recieved very warmly.

[iceman (Mike)]

Great shots Matt, I love the closeup one. Here's my attempt at processing your version.

[iceman (Mike)]

And a similar treatment for the other..

[matt]

Mike

That's fantastic what you've done with so few kb. Thanks so much for doing that.

Both posts were compressed versions of raw originals. I was planning on having a go at processing the original (1Mb+) shots tonight in photoshop.

You must tell me what you did do them ... and how you did it so quickly?

Thanks mate.

[iceman (Mike)]

No probs matt, it's easy (and quick).

Using photoshop (though GIMP or other will do equally well):

1. Mode -> Greyscale
2. Layer -> Duplicate Layer
3. Filter -> Other -> High Pass
4. Set blending to "Hard Light", Opacity 30%
5. Flatten Image
6. Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask
7. Mode -> Brightness/Contrast, Contrast +4%
8. Save as web.

That's it! I did the same to both images.

The originals were quite sharp already, so the difference isn't dramatic, but I prefer a greyscale look with a little more contrast. Though it's subjective so not everyone prefers a more processed look.

[matt]

Mike

The brownish almost-sepia tone was the result of using the Cybershot's cloudy setting in the white balance mode.

What metering mode do you use? I had the multi operating.

I also underexposed -2.0EV and had the focus set to infinity and all these setting were in Landscape mode.

[RB (Andrew)]

Matt they're great shots well done.

And Mike well done on the processing and info you gave.

That's why I love this place........

[matt]

Thanks RB

You're dead right. This forum's great. I took a month before I posted my first image.

You can be sure I spent a fair amount of that time looking and learning from what was being said and discussed through various threads on all manner of topics, especially pic taking.

It's all here mate, and in simple straight-forward Englais!.... most o' the time

I'll be stickin' round.