Greetings from Aberdeen

[Trull]

Hi!

I live near Aberdeen, am very active in Aberdeen Astronomical Society, and am interested in astrophotography.

I'll be going along to their next event (sorry a plug so soon...) 12th August in Newtonhill to observe the Perseid Meteor Shower.

Here's a moon shot I just re-processed a few hours ago, what do you think?

Trull

[barkis]

Welcome to the SGL Forum Trull, and thanks for the superb lunar image too.

Total Eclipse tomorrow for some lucky places. Sadly not the UK though.

Don't worry about the plug, someone else could benefit from the info.

Enjoy your stay, and we look forward to your posts.

Ron.

[Talitha]

Hi and welcome to SGL, Trull.

[Paxo]

Hi Trull,

A very warm welcome to SGL. Thats a fine lunar shot, lots of detail and technically well processed. I hope you enjoy your stay at SGL, I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Steve..

[steve_bham]

Welcome to sgl and stunning moon shot.

[michigander]

Nice Picture!

Welcome to SGL, Trull!

Dana

[Andrew*]

Welcome to SGL, Torc! Great to have you on board

See you at a meeting in the near future.

Nice moon pic by the way. Had any good NLC sightings recently? All I've seen are the dark grey ones unfortunately.

Andrew (the new kid at AAS)

[Herakles]

Hi and welcome. Commented on you're great Moon shot in Lunar Imaging.

[Starjumper]

Hi Trull,

Welcome to SGL.

John

[AztecastroMcJ]

hey there welcome

great pic 2

James

[Rusty Strings]

Hi Trull and a welcome from me

John

[ashenlight]

Welcome Trull! That is a fantastic lunar image, beautiful balance between shadows and highlights, not missing any detail at all! Great work considering how easy it is to over expose when the Moon is filling up. Lovely job

[SpookyKatt]

Welcome to the forum Trull, fantastic picture as well !

Kathleen

[Dangerous-Dave]

Welcome to SGL from an occasional visitor! That's a cracking moon shot - it has that "3d" feel that is really difficult to get right.

[Trull]

Hello fellow SGL'ers

Thank you for the warm welcome and kind words - much appreciated.

I think that some people may wonder how/with what kit I was using and how long it all took to get that shot, here's the gear:

Time budget for this shot:

2 hours preparation (getting kit in car+working out target)

1/4 hour drive to Dark Sky Site courtesy Lembas Organics

2 hours tinker time getting gear set up, aligned, software fettled.

3 hours capturing images (Brass Monkeys)

1/4 hour drive home

12 hours fiddling in Nebulosity trying to get the best from the subs

Total: 19.5 hours for one piddly JPG... yep I must be mad!

Trull

PS: Yes that is frost on the comfy seat, it was -11oC...

[Captain Tripps]

Hi Trull

Welcome from me

Great Lunar shot

Lee

[ron.s.g]

hi Trull and welcome,nice shot by the way.regards ron.s.g

[temoc]

hi, welcome tot he forum, that is an amazin shot of the moon

[glowjet]

Hi Trull,

Welcome to SGL, lovely Moon shot, looking forward to seeing more, hope you enjoy the forum.

John.

[Astro_Baby]

Hi and welcome from me too - nice pic