boxtko Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Took this pic of the moon last night. First time I ever stacked pictures of the moon. Think I went too heavy on the whites in post processing. Nikon D3100 ISO 100 Exposure 1/125 sec, Celestron Nexstar 102GT, PIPP, AutoStakkert (about 40 frames), Adobe Lightroom. (BTW, this is the first time I ever tried taking pictures with the 102GT. Because there is no weight, I found it difficult to attach the DSLR. I got around this by removing the Diaganol and attaching the camera directly with the t-adapter. I also took a 3 pound ankle weight for exercising and wrapped the straps around the front of the telescope (the straps attach to each other with Velcro and the weifght is cushioned.) lol. Hey-- it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudropb Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Nice image but too much contrast for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxtko Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Thanks. Yeah, I don't have to much experience with lightroom so right now I'm just kinda learning by trial and error.Nice image but too much contrast for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtreemchaos Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 great start mate ,Crescents can be tricky with the light, but i like it ,well done. registax is a good staxing program, its free to download if you want to give it a try, works well with moon shots aswell as everything else. thanks for sharing charl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Imp Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 I like that a lot and as a first try is very encouraging for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.h.f.wilkinson Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Bit overblown contrast, but otherwise very nice image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxtko Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thanks everyone. Tonight I tried again, but this time I attempted to get a picture of both the moon and shadow. I just started learning how to use layers in photoshop and this is what I came up with... I stacked about 10 pictures 100 ISO 1/125 using autostakkert. In photoshop I added an overexposed layer (ISO 3200, 1/5 sec). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxtko Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 oops. just realized I didn't stack the moon pic above. It is simpy two pictures I layered in photoshop. ISO 100/125 and ISO 3200 1/5. (I was stacking pics without the shadow but didn't use those for this pic. I dont know how to edit my posts. lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 You're doing well. Plenty of practice helps, so keep at it James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Dave Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Hi Boxtko. I also have the D3100 and I'm curiuous to know what you think of the Nikons sensor?I've done a few imaging sessions on the moon, the latest tonight and I'm finding that mine just doesn't seem to take clear images at full resolution and I need to resize the photos down to less than 1mp in size before it starts to look half decent and then do a bit of processing.I'm not sure if it's my camera or just the Nikon sensor itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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