Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Jupiter is as close as it will get to Earth tonight.
Camera Model Name Canon EOS 7D
Tv (Shutter Speed) 0.5
ISO Speed 125

Jupiter and moons

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CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

This shot to me is some of the best work you've done Jim.
I'm going to copy this so I can look at it once in a while.
Craig

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

I have a better idea.. Run it through your clean up program zirene?
Curious to see how much it cleans up.

Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Oh and just for you. Here is the hand held shot with my Canon 7D, 300mm and 1.4 extender. Image stablalized.
No post production it is as shot.

Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/40
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
ISO Speed 5000
Lens EF300mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
Focal Length 420.0mm
AF area select mode Manual selection
Filter effect R :Red

Blech...

Uncropped unprocessed

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CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

That is cool too. All 4 Moons. Did you used a Red Filter?
Craig

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

PP in Lightroom & Topaz Detail3.
I should have worked harder and taken out the Color Aberration.
Craig

Jupiter Post Processed

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Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Just the built in filter application that simulates as if I had.

stepping beyond Loc: usa eastcoast

That is awesome I hope to learn a thing or two from UHH, I've just managed a dot and a blur.

northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

Albugshutterbug that's a good single shot. I downloaded your photo and did a little post processing just using PSE. Pretty good single exposure!
If you'd like to get a better image, put your 7D on a tripod and the highest motordrive setting you have. Set on the highest JPEG resolution (RAW files are too large for this technique) and use a cable (or remote) shutter release. Press and lock down for a minute. At 8 frames a second you'll get 480 frames. More frames equals better pp with less noise. You can crop every frame at once to your specification very quickly using a program like xnconvert (free on the internet). That will give the stacking program a larger target to see. If you do crop, make sure you don't accidentally crop out the planet. On a static tripod, it will move a bit in the field of view over the course of a minute. Use a program like Registax (free on the internet) to align and stack and initial pp using the wavelets function. You'll get a very nice photo from that. Just remember, before you rattle off 4 or 5 hundred shots, take a single image and check for good focus and exposure. Half the fun in astrophotography for me is in the post processing. Never know how good (or bad) the image will be until it's complete.

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northcoast42 Loc: Puget Sound, Washington

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Albuqshutterbug Loc: Albuquerque NM

Lol. Shot with a Celestron 11" PEC SCT telescope. I didn't enable the error correcting since my shots were so short. That's why its a decent single shot. I have issues getting registax to work on planets. Still experimenting there.
Thanks for the comments and the suggestions. :thumbup:

CraigFair Loc: Santa Maria, CA.

I'm going to say that sounds like a really good technique. I for sure am going to try it Thank you.
Craig