Moon Closeup from June 2016
Oct 18, 2016 09:33:12 #
Reposted from an earlier post...
I haven't had my camera out for sometime now but thought that I would repost this shot that I took earlier in the year for those that might have missed it...
Well I finally received my new Celestron CGEM-DX computerized tripod mount to use with my 10" Newtonian scope...
Now I need to get to know how to use the scope and mount, and to improve upon my Moon photography techniques...
Late last night, after checking the weather forecast and checking the radar, I went out and setup my mount and scope...
Early this morning at 4:00am I got up and drank a cup of coffee or two to get the sleepiness out of my weary little eyes...
Well the shoot didn't go as planned... somehow I had the ISO set at 3200 instead of ISO 1600 as originally planned...
I had to hand hold my 2x magnifier since I was using my Canon 6D which doesn't have the metal frame around the screen for the magnifier's magnet...
So I fumbled around for a while until I thought I had the best focus... at the end of the shoot I realized that I had forgot to lock the focus on the focuser...
Hopefully the focus held under the weight of the camera body... I took about 1,000 shots more or less... I took the photos in burst of 4 shots at a time...
I haven't reviewed all of the Moon shots but I hurriedly skimmed/skipped through the shots and grabbed one that looked halfway decent and processed it...
Later I hope to adapt my Dynamax 8 to the new tripod... I need to remove the Dynamax 8 from it's fork mount and purchase some telescope rings to mount
the Dynamax onto the new tripod...
The Moon was at a low angle, so a lot of shimmering atmosphere for this photo shoot... I took the photos over a 2 hour period...
I had to tape a white hankie onto the 22lb counter balance weight... the weight was black in color and I kept bumping into it...
I had to use a lot of Mosquito repellant... I cursed several times during the shoot but nobody heard me...
P.S. Please excuse typos, word omissions, and poor grammar... still half asleep or just don't know better...
Also, Moon image rotated for easy Download viewing...
I haven't had my camera out for sometime now but thought that I would repost this shot that I took earlier in the year for those that might have missed it...
Well I finally received my new Celestron CGEM-DX computerized tripod mount to use with my 10" Newtonian scope...
Now I need to get to know how to use the scope and mount, and to improve upon my Moon photography techniques...
Late last night, after checking the weather forecast and checking the radar, I went out and setup my mount and scope...
Early this morning at 4:00am I got up and drank a cup of coffee or two to get the sleepiness out of my weary little eyes...
Well the shoot didn't go as planned... somehow I had the ISO set at 3200 instead of ISO 1600 as originally planned...
I had to hand hold my 2x magnifier since I was using my Canon 6D which doesn't have the metal frame around the screen for the magnifier's magnet...
So I fumbled around for a while until I thought I had the best focus... at the end of the shoot I realized that I had forgot to lock the focus on the focuser...
Hopefully the focus held under the weight of the camera body... I took about 1,000 shots more or less... I took the photos in burst of 4 shots at a time...
I haven't reviewed all of the Moon shots but I hurriedly skimmed/skipped through the shots and grabbed one that looked halfway decent and processed it...
Later I hope to adapt my Dynamax 8 to the new tripod... I need to remove the Dynamax 8 from it's fork mount and purchase some telescope rings to mount
the Dynamax onto the new tripod...
The Moon was at a low angle, so a lot of shimmering atmosphere for this photo shoot... I took the photos over a 2 hour period...
I had to tape a white hankie onto the 22lb counter balance weight... the weight was black in color and I kept bumping into it...
I had to use a lot of Mosquito repellant... I cursed several times during the shoot but nobody heard me...
P.S. Please excuse typos, word omissions, and poor grammar... still half asleep or just don't know better...
Also, Moon image rotated for easy Download viewing...
Oct 19, 2016 11:30:59 #
Looks very cool to me! I think I see the Moon Rover! ;-) Cheers.
Oct 19, 2016 12:16:36 #
Oct 21, 2016 14:44:16 #
Thanks for your comment flathead27ford... much appreciated
flathead27ford wrote:
Looks very cool to me! I think I see the Moon Rover! ;-) Cheers.
Oct 21, 2016 15:19:27 #
Oct 23, 2016 15:39:06 #
Thanks for your comment achesley... much appreciated
achesley wrote:
Wow! Unbelievable! Thanks for posting
Oct 28, 2016 13:01:22 #
bnewmk wrote:
Terrific shot!
Sorry for the late response to your comment... haven't been on much lately...
Your comment somehow got missed in the shuffle...
Thanks for your comment... much appreciated...
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