Moon in RGB 11-09-2011

[Avdhoeven]

Yesterday it was for 2 hours a clear sky here and I decided to image the moon in RGB. I used an Astro-professional ED110 in combination with a DMK21 together the 12 images needed for a mosaic in every color band. After stacking, merging and combining in RGB I used some techniques to bring out the colors of the different geological phenomenon on the moon.

Here is the result:

Thanks for watching...

[neil phillips]

I like these colour saturated moons, in colour it must have made the whole thing much more time consuming 36 pieces rather than 12, processing and colour blending each 12. is a lot of work. But worth the result. Did you make a version with the colour less saturated, as a subtle colour version ?

[Avdhoeven]

Here is the natural color version, I like this one even more, because this is real...

[Avdhoeven]

Somehow the images got mixed up.... The original image is now in the end...

[Steve 1962]

Both very nice - the RGB is well worth the effort

[Avdhoeven]

I put the saturation way up now to highlight even better the structures. Here is the result:

[Steve 1962]

WOW! That would make a cracking poster print!

[Avdhoeven]

Oh, the last image was almost like a lollipop My laptop screen was not well calibrated. Here is a more pleasing version:

[ChrisKnipe]

Simply awesome

[Avdhoeven]

Here is my new desktop, made of the moonimage and an earlier M45 image, have fun with it!