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May Moon

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Posted by David Taylor on May 1, 2007 at 6:51 PM
May Moon
Tried taking a shot of the moon tonight with my 'Bigma' and SD14.
I would like to try to capture a decent image using an affordable telescope any suggestions would be welcome. :toast: :toast:

I would eventually like to have a go at bringing out the colours of the moon as per

http://www.colormoon.pt.to/



Sigma SD14
Sigma APO 50-500mm EX DG HSM zoom lens
21:45:57 BST
F6.3
1/60s
ISO 100
P setting
500mm (50-500)
Hand Held resting on fence
Fill in flash
RAW adjustment SPP3
Resized in PS Elements 4

Posted by Clive_S on May 2, 2007 at 5:17 AM
And a great result. The colour system looks a little time consuming with 64 stacked images! I think the astronomers use a equitorially mounted motor driven rig.
Posted by David Kjaer on May 2, 2007 at 10:59 AM
Hi David

Nice image and an interesting link!

David :toast:
Posted by Clive_S on May 2, 2007 at 1:06 PM
And a great result. The colour system looks a little time consuming with 64 stacked images! I think the astronomers use a equitorially mounted motor driven rig.
Posted by Paula Graham on May 2, 2007 at 1:19 PM
Interesting shot, I like it.