First attempt

[daz]

Emboldened by others, here is my first attempt at an astro piccy.

Taken with my Toucam Pro, however, I have been a little remiss - I was so excited at being able to capture the image, I can't remember if this was with or without an eyepiece :oops:

I think it was without (is this called Prime Focus?), and has not been processed in anyway (apart from resized).

Any feedback / comments welcome.......

Darren

[OXO]

Hello Darren,

Thats a fantastic first attempt :shock: sharp focus and the setting are just right! Congrats

Prime focus is when you place your camera directly into the Telescopes focusser, eyepiece project is when the camera is placed in front of a len's..

Do you have photoshop or Jasc paint shop Pro? if you have either of these programes you can edit your moon picture and i would recommend changing it to B/W mode and a little unsharp mask followed by a little despeckle(or gauss blur).

Fantastic Image

James

[russ]

Hi Darren,

Fantastic first image. In fact pretty close to my best efforts and i've been trying for 4 years now.

It looks nicely exposed, sharp and good contrast. I like that a lot.

Unlike me, you look to be a natural at this imaging lark.

Russ

[daz]

Weelll, dunno about a natural - took me ages fiddling with the settings on the camera, then back to the scope because the flippin thing had moved :x

Still, I have to say I was pleased with the images. I set the camera to take a shot every 5 seconds, so I had a chance to keep it on screen.

I will take up James' suggestion of tweaking in PSP and see what results I get. Now I have set up an album in Photobucket, I shall have somewhere to post my dabblings!

Dazza

[AndyMac]

Very impressive. Excellent focus & colour. Well done Dazza.

[OXO]

I had a quick play for you with your image managed to get rid of some noise and process the colours a bit too.

James

[Rob]

Nice image there.. keep them coming.

Rob

[daz]

Wow, thanks James!

I have not yet had a chance to play with PSP to see what all the bells and whistles do, but I will get around to it!

Thanks again

[OXO]

Dazza, your welcome if i can be of any help just let me know

James