Messing around

[cstew]

Needed a little peace and quiet, so I grabbed a camera and escaped from the house to mess around taking a few pictures of the moon.

Sony alpha A200, sigma 75-210mm lens, f/5.6, 1/1000th exposure. First picture as shot, second processed and tweaked in photoshop elements.

Not bad for a few minutes work, I think I managed to pick out quite a bot of detail in post-processing, just need to get my camera hooked up to my scope and see what I can do with that! Any tips or tricks for better lunar photography would be greatly appreciated. Note: I didn't use my best camera/lens and no tripod, I'm sure that may have improved things a bit.

[BuzzBomb]

Well they are pretty darn good for quick, handheld snaps!

Bit dark, but that is easily fixed. Nice and sharp. Great job!

[cstew]

I had a quick go at tweaking the exposure a bit, then reset it and actually forgot to redo it again! I didn't get much time to experiment with different exposures etc. as the clouds were rolling in and the rain was starting, just part of the joys of living in northern britain!!

[Cloudwatcher]

Nicely done.

Increase the saturation and you will see the Moon in it's true colours.

[cstew]

Thanks for the tip!