Is this a good moon?

[HunterHarling]

As a deep sky photographer I have hardly photographed the moon, and I have no idea what is a considered a good image so I would appreciate some insight on my image. I have a link because SGL kills the detail for some reason?

https://www.astrobin.com/full/401852/0/?nc=user

[Scooot]

Yes I’d say that’s a great moon image.  I like the unusual framing, plenty of detail, nice colour balance and the terminator looks great too. A contender for the Terminator Challenge? So I like it  If I had to criticise perhaps it could be a little brighter but that’s just me.

[JamesF]

I agree, it's a very nice image.  For my taste I'd say it's bright enough, but we all have slightly different preferences.  There are some small areas of very high brightness where the image might be a little clipped.  I always found that tricky to avoid myself.  I think it happens when the image is sharpened (so the unsharpened image looks fine).  I'm not sure though.  Most of the time I just decide to live with it.

James

[HunterHarling]

57 minutes ago, Scooot said:

Yes I’d say that’s a great moon image.  I like the unusual framing, plenty of detail, nice colour balance and the terminator looks great too. A contender for the Terminator Challenge? So I like it  If I had to criticise perhaps it could be a little brighter but that’s just me.

Thanks!

1 hour ago, Scooot said:

A contender for the Terminator Challenge?

Quite possibly. Although I'm not to sure about my framing.

35 minutes ago, JamesF said:

I agree, it's a very nice image.  For my taste I'd say it's bright enough, but we all have slightly different preferences.  There are some small areas of very high brightness where the image might be a little clipped.  I always found that tricky to avoid myself.  I think it happens when the image is sharpened (so the unsharpened image looks fine).  I'm not sure though.  Most of the time I just decide to live with it.

James

I believe the bright spots are just overexposed craters, although they might have become worse with sharpening.

[maw lod qan]

I like the detail. Wish my images could compare, but I'm still doing singles with my Canon.