MomentsForZen
Daylight Photograph of the Waning Crescent Moon - 2014:06:22 @ 07:42
This is a photograph that I took as a quick test of some new equipment, without many expectations for the image itself. The equipment gave my iPhone camera a modest optical telephoto capability by combining a tripod, a pair of binoculars (x16 magnification), and a clever mount called a "Snapzoom" to hold the camera in place against the eyepiece of the binoculars.
The conditions were far from optimum for astrophotography, but the equipment test was a success given what I was trying to achieve with it. When I set out to obtain a better image of the Moon with this combination, I would do the following ...
- Wait for a full Moon.
- Take the photo at night with a dark sky.
- Take multiple shots and stack the images.
- Refine the method that I used for focusing the light onto the camera sensor.
In this test image, several prominent features of the Lunar landscape are clear. Note that this image is presented in the orientation that it can be seen with the naked eye, and that it was obtained in the southern hemisphere.
From top to bottom ...
Mare Humorum - Sea of Moisture (24.4° S 38.6° W 389 km)
Oceanus Procellarum - Ocean of Storms (18.4° N 57.4° W 2568 km)
Mare Imbrium Sea of Showers (32.8° N 15.6° W 1123 km)
From top to bottom ...
Byrgius Crater - White
Grimaldi Crater - Black
Kepler Crater - White
Aristarchus Crater - White
Lunar Features
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_features
Snapzoom Mobile Camera Mount
Nikon ACULON A211 16x50 Binoculars
www.nikonsportoptics.com/en/Nikon-Products/Binoculars/ACU...
MeFoto Tripod
Barton, ACT, Australia.
iPhone 5 - Photographs taken with the camera on an iPhone 5.
PureShot - A series of 3 photos taken with different exposures.
MobileHDR - Images combined into a single HDR image.
Snapseed - HDR filter applied. Overall and Selective lighting adjustments carried out. Image cropped to square format.
Big Photo - Image re-sized to 2448 x 2448 pixels.
Filterstorm - Noise Reduction filter applied.
ExifEditor - EXIF data from one of the original photographs transferred to the final image.
(Filed as 201406??_iPadMiniRetina ??? PureShot-MobileHDR-Snapseed-BigPhoto-Filterstorm-ExifEditor.JPG)
Daylight Photograph of the Waning Crescent Moon - 2014:06:22 @ 07:42
This is a photograph that I took as a quick test of some new equipment, without many expectations for the image itself. The equipment gave my iPhone camera a modest optical telephoto capability by combining a tripod, a pair of binoculars (x16 magnification), and a clever mount called a "Snapzoom" to hold the camera in place against the eyepiece of the binoculars.
The conditions were far from optimum for astrophotography, but the equipment test was a success given what I was trying to achieve with it. When I set out to obtain a better image of the Moon with this combination, I would do the following ...
- Wait for a full Moon.
- Take the photo at night with a dark sky.
- Take multiple shots and stack the images.
- Refine the method that I used for focusing the light onto the camera sensor.
In this test image, several prominent features of the Lunar landscape are clear. Note that this image is presented in the orientation that it can be seen with the naked eye, and that it was obtained in the southern hemisphere.
From top to bottom ...
Mare Humorum - Sea of Moisture (24.4° S 38.6° W 389 km)
Oceanus Procellarum - Ocean of Storms (18.4° N 57.4° W 2568 km)
Mare Imbrium Sea of Showers (32.8° N 15.6° W 1123 km)
From top to bottom ...
Byrgius Crater - White
Grimaldi Crater - Black
Kepler Crater - White
Aristarchus Crater - White
Lunar Features
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lunar_features
Snapzoom Mobile Camera Mount
Nikon ACULON A211 16x50 Binoculars
www.nikonsportoptics.com/en/Nikon-Products/Binoculars/ACU...
MeFoto Tripod
Barton, ACT, Australia.
iPhone 5 - Photographs taken with the camera on an iPhone 5.
PureShot - A series of 3 photos taken with different exposures.
MobileHDR - Images combined into a single HDR image.
Snapseed - HDR filter applied. Overall and Selective lighting adjustments carried out. Image cropped to square format.
Big Photo - Image re-sized to 2448 x 2448 pixels.
Filterstorm - Noise Reduction filter applied.
ExifEditor - EXIF data from one of the original photographs transferred to the final image.
(Filed as 201406??_iPadMiniRetina ??? PureShot-MobileHDR-Snapseed-BigPhoto-Filterstorm-ExifEditor.JPG)