Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When you click on it the incurably sharp and larger moon starts veering off I think towards the planet Earth! Very impressive I can see with the haze you'd leave it low contrast but if it was me I'd just it up a bit. On 10/7/14 7:33 PM, "Gene duprey" <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote: > Nice moon photo Peter. I will be out in the morning to shoot the Blood > Moon. > I will be using my Nikon D4 and 400/2.8, and maybe the TC if needed. > > Gene > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com> > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>, olympus at thomasclausen.net, > leicareflex at freelists.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 5:07:50 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Gibbous moon > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/15285876780/in/photostream/lightbo > x/> > > Telescope? I ain't got no steenkin' telescope. This was taken with a > 1970s-vintage Vivitar 300/5.5 and a Tokina teleconverter on a > tripod-mounted Oly E-M5, so equivalent full-frame focal length is > 1200mm. The posted picture is about 64% of the frame by linear > measurement, or 41% by area. > > There was a thin haze in the air, but this being the Pacific Northwest, > I decided to seize the opportunity of a relatively clear night anyway. > The original image was a bit soft at 1:1. I extracted the green > channel*, ran it through Focus Magic, which really brought out the > details, then some conventional rotation, curves and contrast enhancement. > > --Peter, returning to the LEM > > * Drastically reduces CA-related softness, and the green channel has 2x > more pixels than the others. This was visibly more effective than just > using Capture One's "color fringing" compensation. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/