Just a test

[davefrance]

Tried two ways of imaging the moon the other night just to see if there was a difference in quality and whether the extra processing time is worth it. The moon was pretty low by the time these were taken so were subject to some atmospherics.

See what you think

Firstly 30 still frames of which 11 stacked. I have cropped slightly to be the same as the video stitch but the image has uploaded at a slightly smaller size.

Secondly 3 x 2 minute videos of top, middle and bottom of moon taken in Digital Cropped Mode @ X3. 

25% of frames stacked and stitched together.

All comments welcomed.

[tingting44]

nice shots, my fave of them both would be the 2nd

[xtreemchaos]

great images Dave, i think the 2nd one is best,lovely detail on both. thanks for sharing. charl.

[Astro Imp]

Nice work, the second looks the more detailed image but this might be a result of the slightly larger scale.

[Alien 13]

Second one for me too very good image

Alan

[kalasinman]

Enlarging to same size, to my eye, the stills are slightly sharper and have a bit more contrast.

[laudropb]

Nice detail, but I think the first image is sharper. This might just be a scale difference.

[MarsG76]

Nice experiment... I think the second is better.

[davefrance]

Enlarging to same size, to my eye, the stills are slightly sharper and have a bit more contrast.

That's an interesting observation. Thanks

[davefrance]

Thanks guys for all your comments.