This is another post inspired by Midjoyrney’s daily theme. This time the theme was “swamp“. I prompted for an elf in leather armour approaching a sinister swamp fortress and the pale moon glowing through the mist. The AI mostly ignored the elf part, and the armour could be lighter. Also, it often misplaced the weapon in the…
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Crescent Moon over Rooftops
Shortly after the sunset, the orange waxing crescent moon shines through a thin layer of clouds. The rooftops form a black silhouette in the foreground.
Waxing Gibbous Moon November 2020
Waxing gibbous Moon (62%) on 24.10.2020 eight and half days in the lunar cycle, one day after the first quarter half-moon. Explorer 150P-DS on N-EQ3-2 Pro with an aluminium tripod. Stacked with Affinity Photo. Edited with Affinity Photo and DxO PhotoLab 4.
The Moon with 150 mm zoom objective
I recently purchased the very reasonably priced M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40‑150mm F4‑5.6 R zoom objective. I got mainly for terrestrial subjects but gave it a quick test in moon photography. The image is better than using a smartphone and binoculars, but no match for the telescope. With 150 mm focal length there is no need…
Gibbous Moon March and April 2019
Equipment Equipment: Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P-DS Sky-Watcher N-EQ3-2 with aluminium tripod Olympus PEN E-PL7 2x Barlow lens (Full disc shot without the Barlow) Software PIPP Auto Stakkert! 3 Polarr Photo Editor Adobe Premiere Rush CC Music in the video: Ether Oar by The Whole Other
Copernicus crater through 150/750 Newton telescope
The final processed image shown at the end of the video is the one from My First Telescope. I used a trial version of Adobe Premiere Rush to compose the video. The user experience was much better than the open source editor I used for the previous Moon video, but the software was sluggish even…
The Moon through 150/750 Newton telescope
While figuring out which telescope to purchase, I searched for examples of how different targets would look through various telescopes. There are a lot of pretty heavily processed long exposure photos available, but it is harder to find examples of how things would appear when looking through the ocular. I found some videos of the…
My first telescope
About a year ago I started to think about getting a telescope, and I have finally acquired one. After considering alternatives and consulting with the dealer, I ended up with a SkyWatcher Explorer 150PDS. It is a 150 mm aperture and 750 mm focal length Newtonian reflector instead of an achromatic refractor that I had…
The Moon with Binoculars and a Camera
To get a more detailed picture of the Moon, I tried taking a photo with my system camera through the binoculars. While this was indeed possible, it was difficult to align the camera correctly, and even then the resulting image was blurry. I had to use 3×3 binning in PIPP to get a sharp image. …
The Moon with a Smartphone and Binoculars
Waxing gibbous moon on 25.05.2018 Since I was not able to get a better quality shot of the moon with my current camera and objective, I tried using binoculars and a smartphone instead. Finding the right settings and focusing were much easier since the moon appeared larger on the screen, but working with the phone…
Crescent Moon
Waxing crescent moon on 18.4.2018
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