Humboldt 8/4/20

[mikeDnight]

A quick observation from last night. I wasn't initially going to post it, as some of the minor craters aren't too accurately positioned, but its still a good representation of the view. The Moon was quite low and there was softness to the view caused by haze, yet the view remained steady.

[Ruud]

Mike  it's magnificent.

[CraigT82]

That's beautiful. Really captures the feel of the view.

But.... does that say 10" reflector?!?!

[MarkAR]

Excellent sketch, worth a frame and wall space I think.

[ShrewView]

Lovely. I had a crack at that too last night. Amazing how the details changed over time on the edge. 

[mikeDnight]

31 minutes ago, CraigT82 said:

That's beautiful. Really captures the feel of the view.

But.... does that say 10" reflector?!?!

Don't rub it in, its cruel!   😭

[Whistlin Bob]

This is terrific.

I spent ages looking at this one on Thursday night at very high mag- and messaging @Stub Mandrel about it, a really amazing sight.

Just not quite high enough to image at the time- wish I had your skills!

[mikeDnight]

Thankyou everyone for your kind comments. I didn't imagine I'd get much from this sketch, which is a nice surprise.  Especially surprising  was the magnificent 10/10/9.9 from Ruud. Much better than any of my old school reports from the 60's & 70's, which pretty much all say "Nice boy, could try harder."  😊 

[mariosi]

A fine sketch!

[acr_astro]

Hello Mike.

A wonderful sketch!

Thanks for sharing with us!

Clear skies!

Achim 

[Mike JW]

Hi Mike, The reason your sketch works so well is that you have captured the low contrast/softness of view when we are viewing craters under intense lunar illumination. I struggle to capture the softness when sketching edge of moon landscapes.

I am assuming you blended the pencil on fairly smooth paper?

Mike

[Stu]

Somehow missed this one Mike. Lovely sketch, very natural. I too spent quite a while looking at Humbolt that night, really enjoyed it.

[mikeDnight]

2 hours ago, Mike JW said:

Hi Mike, The reason your sketch works so well is that you have captured the low contrast/softness of view when we are viewing craters under intense lunar illumination. I struggle to capture the softness when sketching edge of moon landscapes.

I am assuming you blended the pencil on fairly smooth paper?

Mike

Hi Mike,

Yes, it is quite a smooth papered sketch pad. I used cotton buds for softening the edges rather than a blending stump for this sketch. I don't do enough lunar sketching and need much more practice!

Edited April 13, 2020 by mikeDnight

[mikeDnight]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

Somehow missed this one Mike. Lovely sketch, very natural. I too spent quite a while looking at Humbolt that night, really enjoyed it.

Thanks Stu,

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