TheAstroNaut Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Hello everyone, recently bought a Canon 600D and a few lenses with the hopes of getting into astrophotography. Not had much clear sky since I bought the camera and being in the middle of a city during lockdown, I haven't had much chance to use it yet but below is my first attempt at lunar photography taken last night. Any constructive criticism welcome. Looking forward to getting out more and improving this year. Also my first attempt at editing in Photoshop. Cheers Nigel Camera Canon 600D Lens 200mm Vivitar at f11 100ISO 1/600s 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkulin Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Welcome to the forum Nigel, I hope you enjoy your visits, if anyone can help then feel free to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstronomyUkraine Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Welcome Nigel. The full moon is not the best target if you want detail, a half moon image will define craters etc far more than a full moon. Your exposure looks to be spot on. Maybe you could open the lens up another couple of stops and increase the shutter speed, it will help if there is a lot of turbulence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinS Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hi Nigel, welcome to the forum and your new hobby. One decent image and your hooked for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) Great first shot Nigel. I would echo what Brian says and try for other shots when the moon is in its phases as there is a great deal of detail to be seen when it is not full. You can also take short movies of the moon (probably 1000 frames max) and run it through free software like AutoStakkert and it will choose the best shots and stack them all together to increase the SNR, clarity, compensate for atmospheric disturbance and few other things to make your images pop. Welcome to the forum and to the hobby of astrophotography. Edited March 2, 2021 by TerryMcK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAstroNaut Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 9:58 PM, Jkulin said: Welcome to the forum Nigel, I hope you enjoy your visits, if anyone can help then feel free to ask. Thanks much appreciated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAstroNaut Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 10:26 PM, AstronomyUkraine said: Welcome Nigel. The full moon is not the best target if you want detail, a half moon image will define craters etc far more than a full moon. Your exposure looks to be spot on. Maybe you could open the lens up another couple of stops and increase the shutter speed, it will help if there is a lot of turbulence. Cheers thanks for the feed back will definitely be trying to get some more shots of the moon. My main interest is deep sky objects and the milkyway so will post some pictures when I get out to attempt those. Thanks again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAstroNaut Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 On 3/1/2021 at 8:16 AM, MartinS said: Hi Nigel, welcome to the forum and your new hobby. One decent image and your hooked for life. Thank you Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAstroNaut Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 4 hours ago, TerryMcK said: Great first shot Nigel. I would echo what Brian says and try for other shots when the moon is in its phases as there is a great deal of detail to be seen when it is not full. You can also take short movies of the moon (probably 1000 frames max) and run it through free software like AutoStakkert and it will choose the best shots and stack them all together to increase the SNR, clarity, compensate for atmospheric disturbance and few other things to make your images pop. Welcome to the forum and to the hobby of astrophotography. Thanks Terry that's really helpful I will certainly have a look at trying that. I did try to stack a small number of images using photoshop but it seemed to make the image even more fuzzy so I didn't use it. Will look into AutoStakkert thanks. Will let you know how I get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Welcome Nigel, the moon is always a great place to dip you toe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Hi Nigel and welcome. Hope you enjoy it here and your new hobby. Beware though - it's highly addictive. 😀😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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