Moon and Jupiter

[MarySkater]

Tonight was my first attempt at taking pictures of the night sky. I think this is the best of them (assuming my first attempt at posting a photo works...)

6.56pm, 6th March 2011, Oxford.

Canon EOS 1000D, Canon EF70-200mm f/4L at 126mm

1/10 sec at f8, ISO 800

Mary

[Andrew*]

Very nice capture indeed, especially for your first night-time shot. Well done and thanks for sharing.

Andrew

[MarySkater]

Thanks, Andrew. I was trying to reply to your post. I don't know what I did that made it come out as a new thread.

Mary

[Andrew*]

I have PM'd you. I moved it into it's own thread so it can get the attention it deserves

[JAO]

Mary, lovely shot indeed. Thanks or sharing.

Adrian

[LukeSkywatcher]

Lovely image. You cant beat an image of the "Cheshire Cat"...........unless you have a planet in the same image.

The trees add to the image.

[UTMonkey]

Lovely.

[laser_jock99]

Nice first time image- was watching this with my youngest son earlier. He spotted Jupiter before I did- budding astronomer???

[Rob]

Good job.. it was a super site tonight I have to say...

Rob

[MarySkater]

Thanks, all, for the kind words. I wonder, could I improve the image with a bit of processing? I've posted the JPG straight from the camera, but I have saved the RAW file as well. I've never done photo processing, but I do have an (unused) copy of GIMP. Would increasing the contrast show up the planet and moon better against a darker sky? Could I bring up the unlit disk of the moon more?

All you people who know how to get the best out of your images, what would you do with that image to improve it?

Thanks,

Mary

[helios99]

GIMP is at version 2.6.11

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program