Rate my Moon Image

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Alien_Enthusiast avatar
My first up-close image of the moon!

Meade 12'' + ASI 585

Mineral processing applied

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Any advice on how to improve the result would be appreciated!
Matija Jakičević avatar
Hello! First of all, that's an awesome shot and you should be proud. smile

Now onto some things I'd change (just my opinion). I'd brighten it a bit while keeping the highlights and colors in check so it feels a bit more alive and "real". I'm not exactly sure what happened to the resolution, but at that focal length and pixel size it shouldn't be that blurry (could be a bad seeing night, stacking too many frames for the luminance layer or went a bit too far with noise reduction). Other than that it's a great shot.

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