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[RGlideKid]

Taken two days after the full moon on 10/29.  Not the best pics I've ever taken, but I'm not a moon photographer.  I'm wondering if a filter would have helped, or maybe I should've tried 3 shots and put them together as an HDR.
Maybe Kiro will weigh in if he reads this.  Or if anyone else out there has tips, I'm all ears.
Enjoy the link!

https://flic.kr/s/aHskjJAL6i

[screaminCVO]

Nothing wrong with that photo - looks awesome.

[JCZ]

Awsome photo.

Kiro and Jock is another one.  Actually we've got a few photographers on this forum that know much, much more than I'll ever know and they have the equipment to support their knowledge. 

[kiro]

Sorry for the non reply Harry - I haven't been monitoring too closely of late... I like your moon shot. Lunar imaging is a function of focal length, critical focus & exposure duration. You need fast exposures and stable equipment to prevent camera shake/mirror flop. Most dedicated lunar/planetary imagers are using video these days, taking hundreds of frames and stacking the best in software. Never tried lunar HDR, higher ISO introduces a lot of noise which could be problematic. The attached shot was taken through one of my scopes - a 130mm triplet refactor, 1085mm focal length at f/8.35, 1/8000 second at ISO 800. Believe me, there are some amazing lunar imagers out there and I'm not in that group - LOL... Contact me off-line if you want to discuss techniques.

In the past few months I've been making some equipment changes and updating software to get back into astroimaging. I'm setting up to be more portable and simplifying things. We're under the jet stream in Maine and the sky conditions are never great - I'm close to assembling an imaging system I can transport in my truck along with with my daytime gear.  I'll let you know how things progress.

[longlast]

Sorry for the non reply Harry - I haven't been monitoring too closely of late... I like your moon shot. Lunar imaging is a function of focal length, critical focus & exposure duration. You need fast exposures and stable equipment to prevent camera shake/mirror flop. Most dedicated lunar/planetary imagers are using video these days, taking hundreds of frames and stacking the best in software. Never tried lunar HDR, higher ISO introduces a lot of noise which could be problematic. The attached shot was taken through one of my scopes - a 130mm triplet refactor, 1085mm focal length at f/8.35, 1/8000 second at ISO 800. Believe me, there are some amazing lunar imagers out there and I'm not in that group - LOL... Contact me off-line if you want to discuss techniques.

In the past few months I've been making some equipment changes and updating software to get back into astroimaging. I'm setting up to be more portable and simplifying things. We're under the jet stream in Maine and the sky conditions are never great - I'm close to assembling an imaging system I can transport in my truck along with with my daytime gear.  I'll let you know how things progress.

Hummm ok                   What ever that was what you said" it works" you can just about make out the golf course. Nice shot    

[longlast]

Taken two days after the full moon on 10/29.  Not the best pics I've ever taken, but I'm not a moon photographer.  I'm wondering if a filter would have helped, or maybe I should've tried 3 shots and put them together as an HDR.
Maybe Kiro will weigh in if he reads this.  Or if anyone else out there has tips, I'm all ears.
Enjoy the link!

https://flic.kr/s/aHskjJAL6i

Say RG. That's a good moon for what you had at hand 

[RGlideKid]

Sorry for the non reply Harry - I haven't been monitoring too closely of late... I like your moon shot. Lunar imaging is a function of focal length, critical focus & exposure duration. You need fast exposures and stable equipment to prevent camera shake/mirror flop. Most dedicated lunar/planetary imagers are using video these days, taking hundreds of frames and stacking the best in software. Never tried lunar HDR, higher ISO introduces a lot of noise which could be problematic. The attached shot was taken through one of my scopes - a 130mm triplet refactor, 1085mm focal length at f/8.35, 1/8000 second at ISO 800. Believe me, there are some amazing lunar imagers out there and I'm not in that group - LOL... Contact me off-line if you want to discuss techniques.

In the past few months I've been making some equipment changes and updating software to get back into astroimaging. I'm setting up to be more portable and simplifying things. We're under the jet stream in Maine and the sky conditions are never great - I'm close to assembling an imaging system I can transport in my truck along with with my daytime gear.  I'll let you know how things progress.

Thanks for the reply, Kirk.  I was using a D610 with a heavy tripod (but no weight - forgot it!) and Nikon's new 80-400 at 1/320 at ISO 400.  I did have the mirror up and was using a digital remote to trigger the shutter and was zoomed all the way out at 400mm.  I'm more of a Milky Way shooter than a lunar dude, but I thought I'd try my luck with the moon that night.  There was no breeze so I lucked out with not having a weight for the tripod.  I talked to my nephew and he gave me more pointers as well.  He's more avid than I am about it.
I've seen your equipment and it's amazing to me.  I have a little-bitty Celestron C5 Schmidt-Cassegrain, and looking back, I should have used it.  I have an F mount for the camera and at 1250mm, it would have been a much different image I'm thinking!
Thanks again for the reply!