more from last night

[neil phillips]

Some closeups with 2x Celestron ultima barlow. orion 245 newt. IR685 ZWO 178M EQ5

All downsized bottom shot full capture size. Oversampled as i want to use a 1.5x but cant get it to work just yet

 

 

 

Edited October 29, 2021 by neil phillips

[barkingsteve]

Very nice 👍

[neil phillips]

1 hour ago, barkingsteve said:

Very nice 👍

Was windy as heck Steve. Used the pause button a lot. Cheers

[Pete Presland]

A good looking set of images Neil, love the dramatic shadows in the craters.

[neil phillips]

6 hours ago, Pete Presland said:

A good looking set of images Neil, love the dramatic shadows in the craters.

Thanks Pete the shadows help indicate shape i reckon ? just exaggerated 

[Pete Presland]

Love seeing them, gives a real 3d feel to the image for me.

[WestCoastCannuck]

Outstanding Neil!  You sure you were not on a mountain top in France?  lol.   The full size stands up well.  Clavius is fabulous.   The first two views are pretty special I think.   Super clean and great contrasts and details.

 

 I continue to get skunked by the weather.   Hoping for tomorrow and/or Sunday early AM.

 

Cheers

 

Mike

 

 

[neil phillips]

2 hours ago, WestCoastCannuck said:

Outstanding Neil!  You sure you were not on a mountain top in France?  lol.   The full size stands up well.  Clavius is fabulous.   The first two views are pretty special I think.   Super clean and great contrasts and details.

 

 I continue to get skunked by the weather.   Hoping for tomorrow and/or Sunday early AM.

 

Cheers

 

Mike

 

 

Hi Mike thanks good to see you around. Its been good getting the moon at decent elevation. its helping with detail for sure. Though i havent hit the peak yet i dont think. Good seeing is all thats missing. 

[ItsmeMaw]

Incredible images!

As much as I like seeing the craters so clearly, the much smaller impact craters showing so well, I like the mountains in the first two images the most.

[Kimboman]

Great images I looked at them with a magnifying glass shows great details well done

[neil phillips]

25 minutes ago, Kimboman said:

Great images I looked at them with a magnifying glass shows great details well done

Thats a good idea actually. I do something similair. Blowing the image up on a 4k 32" monitor to look for noise. Can be a fine line to get right sometimes. But noise is something not real on top of something that is. so worth controlling cheers for the comments

[callisto]

Super images Neil 👍

 

Mark

[neil phillips]

2 hours ago, callisto said:

Super images Neil 👍

 

Mark

Cheers  Mark. I am starting to get confident something amazing ( for this size resolution ) is just around the corner.  Not there yet. 

[Kon]

Amazing images with a lot of details. Some of the best lunar close ups in my eyes. The first two gives you the feeling you fly over the moon!

[Sunshine]

These are some wonderfully sharp and contrasted images, beautiful!

[PXR5]

Those are stunning images! 

Looks like you were in orbit!

 

-Jeff

[neil phillips]

Glad you found them interesting guys

Cheers

[Stardust]

lovely image set

[neil phillips]

13 hours ago, Stardust said:

lovely image set

Many thanks. 

[Nick Smith]

Hi Neil

 

It's Nick from back in the old days.  Glad to see you are still out there, keeping well, and  getting these amazing photos!.  I know what you are trying to do with making theses shots look as natuaral as possible.  I have attached a version of one of the images with the levels boosted in the dark areas  You have probably already tried this!  Just thought I would see what you think.

 

 

 

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[neil phillips]

32 minutes ago, Nick Smith said:

Hi Neil

 

It's Nick from back in the old days.  Glad to see you are still out there, keeping well, and  getting these amazing photos!.  I know what you are trying to do with making theses shots look as natuaral as possible.  I have attached a version of one of the images with the levels boosted in the dark areas  You have probably already tried this!  Just thought I would see what you think.

 

 

 

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Hi Nick Good to speak with you. I think i remember morning approaching which made the contrast more washed out. I personally dont mind the effect It looks very natural on the highlights less forced. As you say its naturally closer to the lighting at the time. Your contrast levels blacks lift has certainly brought out more detail. Often i do boost contrast. When capturing in bright sky. For obvious reasons. I think the 4k 32" monitor i am using here is quite contrasty. Thats often the difficult thing talking about levels on different monitors. Having said that i did indeed leave the levels more like they were  captured. Interesting tweak Nick

Edited December 7, 2021 by neil phillips

[Nick Smith]

Thanks Neil.  I have been printing a lot of stuff out lately, so it is essential to get the levels/contrast as high as possible.   For the internet, with most monitors, your stuff looks AMAZING!

[neil phillips]

1 hour ago, Nick Smith said:

Thanks Neil.  I have been printing a lot of stuff out lately, so it is essential to get the levels/contrast as high as possible.   For the internet, with most monitors, your stuff looks AMAZING!

Makes Sense Nick. And thank you for the positive feedback. Since getting a Antares 1/30th secondary. Which is about as small as i could go CO wise. Cleaning the primary. Resetting the cell. Resetting the focuser. I  have noticed the Old Orion. Performing nicely.  Dont think ive hit the peak just yet. Since returning to lunar and planetary imaging.  Work in progress. ( Best seeing and Focal length optimizing) Still really enjoying trying to get quality after all these years. The pandemic has influenced this. Sure you know what i mean. You inspired me in so many ways actually Nick. Still remember your large mosaics. And the quality level being awesome. Something to aspire too.  Talking about printing was thinking about getting this one done if you have any tips. I am guessing you would boost the levels. Its just i like the reduced glare on highlights

 

Edited December 8, 2021 by neil phillips

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

I missed this one...Great Neil. The sunlight reflections off the cliffs is amazing.

[neil phillips]

2 hours ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

I missed this one...Great Neil. The sunlight reflections off the cliffs is amazing.

Much appreciated. This weather lately is stopping any chance of getting any more. Bad for everyone here.