Cold rock in space

January Full Moon.

Full Moon

I took this photo of the full moon 11 nights ago. Shutter speed was 1/20s, couldn't get a clear crater view of it for some reason, no matter what I tried in terms of settings. It was a clear night. The foliage you see are fronds from one of the palm trees in our backyard.

Gibbous Moon and Plane

I was taking a moon shot recently, and captured the above image. The odds of being set up for a tripod shot to catch this are pretty big against, so I was pretty chuffed. The grandkids love the photo, combining two of their favorite subjects - "aeroplane and luna moon!"

This was a slightly earlier shot, and this ...

has had Arcsoft's Photoimpression 'enhance' done to it. The image is breaking up with noise, so I used 'neatimage' to clean it. I gotta say, I love stargazing etc, and it's pretty impressive what my 12x zoom can pull up. I think that (in theory) I should be able to catch Saturn's rings and Jupiter's spot (can see them through binoculars with less power, so we'll see).

Almost a Gibbous Moon

Late November.

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F 3.7 - 2.5s + Noise Reduction

F3.7 - 1/10s

F 5.6 - 1s + Noise Reduction

Balcony moon at dusk

Totally unprocessed.

Rising Moon

This photo was taken from the window in our 'top' kitchen, to the East as the moon rose above the Adelaide Plain to the North. I find the lunar mountain ranges along the 'day line' very evocative to my imagination. This shot was taken 12x zoom and slightly enhanced through 'contrast'. It's taken through the mesh of a flyscreen.
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Moon

F5.6 1/125