First shot of the moon

[singlespeedman]

I am trying to learn imaging so have started with the moon this evening. Taken with a canon eos 350 on a 1/4 of a second exposure with no processing as yet. I am pretty happy and hoping the cloud cover shifts so I can get a few more show in and do a bit of imaging with the webcam and jupiter

[barkis]

A good start to your Imaging. The moon is a great subject, and offers some challenges with the change of Phases throughout a month.

The moon can take colour to an extent, and some fine examples of that can be seen in the Lunar Imaging section.

I've converted your image to greyscale for a comparison, I hope you don't ming me tampering.

Good luck on your progress .

Ron.

[singlespeedman]

now that actually looks a little clearer. Just waiting for the curry to arrive and then off to hit Jupiter now the clouds are lifting. I am trying to do the moon and jupiter with the webcam and keep the 350d to the stars tonight. All a bit of experimenting around tonight but I cannot wait to get my first galaxy and nebula too. Tomorrow will see me tinkering in photoshop to see what the final results will be.

[barkis]

HehHeh!, I've just polished off a Chicken Jalfrezi. Luvverly too.

Good luck tonight, I hope the skies are clear and steady for you.

Ron.

[singlespeedman]

well the curry was great but 7Timer had clear skies for me and my friend from 2100 onwards and as soon as it got to 2000 the forecast changed to cloud. 7Timer has really let me down for seeing predictions over the last four weeks.