Tonight's 95% Moon

[crimbfighter]

My sister-in-law asked for a photo of the moon on her birthday (today), so how could I say no? This was a two panel mosaic.
Celestron 8" EdgeHD
Nikon D500
1920 x 1080 videos, 600 frames each Stacked in AutoStakkert! and processed in Photoshop
Noise reduction and sharpening with Topaz Labs DeNoise AI software

 

[Space Face]

Not bad at all. I'm sure she's very pleased.

 

[Jeff15]

Very good shot.....

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice shot and process. you found a nice balance between the light and dark to bring out the details but keep the harsh light at bay.

 

[paigew]

1920 x 1080 videos, 600 frames each Stacked in AutoStakkert! and processed in Photoshop

idk what that even means!!! so you took 600 shots for this??!! Wow! What is the video for?

 

[K9Kirk]

1920 x 1080 videos, 600 frames each Stacked in AutoStakkert! and processed in Photoshop

idk what that even means!!! so you took 600 shots for this??!! Wow! What is the video for?

I don't know anything about it either but I suspect he got the 600 frames from the video.

 

[Peeb]

Well done!

 

[crimbfighter]

Thanks everyone! I haven't checked back in a while, obviously, haha.

1920 x 1080 videos, 600 frames each Stacked in AutoStakkert! and processed in Photoshop

idk what that even means!!! so you took 600 shots for this??!! Wow! What is the video for?

It's a technique for creating an image out of video frames. I use a software that tethers to the camera and captures video through the cameras video recording. You specify the number of video frames to capture. The camera records at 30fps, so it takes a 20 second video.

The software then extracts each frame and overlays them. It's a method of canceling out atmospheric distortion. I took two videos, one for each half of the moon, created to images from them, and stitched them together in a mosaic.

You can find tons of videos on Autostakkert! on YouTube for a better explanation of how the process works.