Half Moon shots from this morning

[spudicus]

Got up at 3 am and had a wicked nights viewing (See my Saturn pic in the planetary thread, it'll blow ya socks off) Took these pics with my trusty method of holding camera up to eyepiece and going click!

<img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a257/spudicus/Halfmoon.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

and here's a closer view

<img src="http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a257/spudicus/crop.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

Any advice on improving the image would be appreciated. I had a play around with sharpen,brightness and contrast but am a total novice at picture enhancement.

[daz]

A moon filter would reduce the amount of glare and would help bring out some of the details.

As for image manipulation, James is your man!

[OXO]

Hi Spud,

Here ya go matey, i lowered the Levels in Photoshop, appylied a little unsharp mask(filter) and changed it to Black n White. Thats it matey really easy to do and the images are excellent Spud!

Well Done!

James

[Jamie]

Vey nice indeed.

Now go and try the reversal just to see what you get.

[spudicus]

The difference is amazing, cheers James

[OXO]

Your Welcome Spud, anything you need to know just ask matey here to help..

James

[lunator]

Spud

Great photos.

Good to know that you use the tried and tested 'point & click'

Last night was fantastically clear once the front had moved through and the seeing was good as well!!

A rare night here in the UK.

Cheers

Ian

[daz]

Last night was fantastically clear....

Only for some