Lunar X

[jgs001]

I thought I'd have a go at this, but wasn't sure where it was on the moon. However, as soon as I bought the moon to view in the 5mm Hyperion, it leapt up and grabbed me by the eyeball. I grabbed everything for a bash at webcamming it, but as I was being pestered by the kids, decided to just use the 450d. So..

600mm

And closer 1200mm

Then I decided to get silly... and threw in the Tal x2 barlow as well... I had to put the diagonal back in to get focus but..

2400mm

Then I thought to myself, why not, what the hell and got utterly stoopid... and threw the Antares 5x barlow instead of the Tal :mrgreen:

6000mm (god focusing was hard, and I didn't nail it)

It has just occurred to me that I could have got insanely stupid and stacked the x2 and x5 barlow with the 2xTC but I think I would have lost the plot and probably the moon with that combination.

These are all single exposures with the SLR, no stacking, processed in Aperture.

[GazOC]

Pretty amazing esp, for single shots.

[legion48]

Definitely got the X. Nice one.

[Doc]

Wow John impressive.

[Talitha]

Excellent series of shots, John, nice 'X' capture.

(stoopid power is fun, isn't it? )

[SteelRat]

Nicely caught X John 8)

[Psychobilly]

Very nice John

Billy...(the newbie)...

[brendant]

Great capture John , who says don't try it, always worth it trying daft things, that's how you learn.

Brendan

[jgs001]

Thanks all. Brendan, I'm a bit like that cartoon character running across the open void. I'm fine as long as I don't realise what's going on .

[anthony]

Nice "x" capture. Well done

Anthony

[michaelmorris]

That's a nice series of images. Thanks for sharing.

[jgs001]

Thanks gents

[Beyond_Vision]

Well you certainly have got the X Factor

Regards

Kevin

[jgs001]

, thanks Kevin