<p>I guess it's time I start posting a few photos here...</p><p> These are all shot with a 200-500 Tamron f5.6 lens on a fixed tripod. The third image is an HDR image stack of 9 frames.</p><p> On some monitors these lack brightness/detail. On laptops they look blown-out. [sigh]</p><p>They were balanced using a Spyder Pro 2 colorometer @ 5300deg K. For maximum detail - calibrate your monitor... 
</p><p> </p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/4/60bb6c48-1b8c-4cc4-a460-58501809fa6d.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This image is almost fully eclipsed, as the moon was just starting to peek through the cloud cover that night. 3sec exposure @ ISO 400 (Canon 20D unmod)</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/10/c74ebd66-fa13-4e41-babf-8827f89f9e19.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This one may be a bit hard to see. If it is, I'll link to higher resolution. It shows what I first thought were two of Saturn's moons - after checking Starry Night, it turns out that it's one of Saturn's moons (Titan), and the start HIP51532, in Leo. Local Contrast was raised on Saturn using PS-CS3 to pop the moon and star out around Saturn, whilst our moon remained untouched. 6sec exposure @ 235mm (ISO 400)</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/11/dcfccf46-6da0-4232-9b22-9682ae491e0e.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This was a 9 frame HDR image (stacked in photomatix), from 1/3000sec to 7sec, attempting to get some detail from the eclipsed portion. Mostly failed, but there's some pretty moonbow and some decent detail in the exposed segment. Next full-moon, I'm thinking of making another HDR attempt to see if I can get high-detail on a full moon. I suspect with HDR the big "no-no" of photographing a full moon might still be achievable. Anyone else playing with HDR?</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>.</p><p><font size="3">bipartisan</font> (<span style="color:blue" class="pointer"><span class="pron"><font face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size="2">bī-pär'tĭ-zən, -sən</font></span></span>) [Adj.] Maintaining the ability to blame republications when your stimulus plan proves to be a devastating failure.</p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#ff0000">IMPE</font><font color="#c0c0c0">ACH</font> <font color="#0000ff"><font color="#c0c0c0">O</font>BAMA</font>!</font></strong></p> </div>
</p><p> </p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/0/4/60bb6c48-1b8c-4cc4-a460-58501809fa6d.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This image is almost fully eclipsed, as the moon was just starting to peek through the cloud cover that night. 3sec exposure @ ISO 400 (Canon 20D unmod)</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/10/c74ebd66-fa13-4e41-babf-8827f89f9e19.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This one may be a bit hard to see. If it is, I'll link to higher resolution. It shows what I first thought were two of Saturn's moons - after checking Starry Night, it turns out that it's one of Saturn's moons (Titan), and the start HIP51532, in Leo. Local Contrast was raised on Saturn using PS-CS3 to pop the moon and star out around Saturn, whilst our moon remained untouched. 6sec exposure @ 235mm (ISO 400)</p><p><br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/11/dcfccf46-6da0-4232-9b22-9682ae491e0e.Medium.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This was a 9 frame HDR image (stacked in photomatix), from 1/3000sec to 7sec, attempting to get some detail from the eclipsed portion. Mostly failed, but there's some pretty moonbow and some decent detail in the exposed segment. Next full-moon, I'm thinking of making another HDR attempt to see if I can get high-detail on a full moon. I suspect with HDR the big "no-no" of photographing a full moon might still be achievable. Anyone else playing with HDR?</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>.</p><p><font size="3">bipartisan</font> (<span style="color:blue" class="pointer"><span class="pron"><font face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size="2">bī-pär'tĭ-zən, -sən</font></span></span>) [Adj.] Maintaining the ability to blame republications when your stimulus plan proves to be a devastating failure.</p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#ff0000">IMPE</font><font color="#c0c0c0">ACH</font> <font color="#0000ff"><font color="#c0c0c0">O</font>BAMA</font>!</font></strong></p> </div>
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