 Hayward K A R - 1 2 0 CPremium
join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
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4 edits | reply to NoelC
Re: What Color is the Moon, Really Actually I always wondered where the green cheese thing came from because unaided eye it has always looked silver white/gray to me.
And again as you say yourself super saturated (but you don't say to what degree)...so those normally SUBTLE tones may be there, but way sub pastel level.
But hey as others have said awesome (and not the throw away word teeny boppers meant of near everything a few years back) image if in just detail alone... inspires AWE !!
Care to offer any capture specs and adjustments?
PS if you really pushed the chroma...damn noise free or detail blurring as is often the case.
Even living in Key West guess I am now finally replacing that XP provided tropical sand spit isle wallpaper 
This is AWESOME and I mean that LITERALLY not COLLOQUIALLY/Slang... Again the LITERAL meaning of awesome... inspires AWE !!
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 frankenfeet934 is 10-8Premium
join:2001-10-14
Smiths Grove, KY | reply to NoelC
Re: What Color is the Moon, Really? I don't know if I ever posted in here or not, but this image forces me to just say it's the best Lunar picture I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing. 
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 JoeG4
join:2001-12-16
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Beautiful picture  |
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 dEeHC0YPremium
join:2002-12-10
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WOW! This picture of the moon looks great! I downloaded and used it for my desktop background but my resolution is @ 1920x1200. I wish I knew how to make it that size. Can you make one for that size?! Thanks!
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Wow. Absolutely amazing. Thanks. |
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 CRendonPremium
join:2006-02-24
Mexico | reply to NoelC
Amazing picture!! Thanx for sharing.
All those asteroids hits (Sorry, don't know the word in english) makes me wonder. How many times has the earth been hit that we (ordinary people, not NASA guys) have not even notice.
Good excuse to watch Armageddon again
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 badcat
join:2000-10-18
Glastonbury, CT | reply to NoelC
Incredible, just incredible! Just wanted to say thanks for posting this.
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 ctceoPremium
join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN | reply to NoelC
Absolutely Stellar, Literally! |
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Nice shot. Could you provide some details as to lense used and how you shot this.
BTW, APOD has this image:
»antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060216.html |
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 KawarthaIt's 5 O'Clock somewhere right??Premium
join:2002-11-11
KawaLakes | reply to NoelC
My new desktop.. thank you for an amazing shot!
The real colour is: CHEESE
Kawa |
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Very nice!
Here's a similar photo from a NASA website, with an explanation of the differences in chemical composition of the rocks that account for the differences in color: »antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060216.html. |
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Wow! My eyes just can't get enough of the colors. Amazing!
Can anyone resize to 1024 by 768. Thanks!
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 rfharThe World Sport, Played In Every CountryPremium
join:2001-03-26
Buicktown,Mi | reply to NoelC
Many thanks, new wallpaper here also. |
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 NoelCD S L R BlissPremium,MVM
join:2003-09-03
Florida
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2 edits | reply to NoelC
Thanks everyone.
Sorry, I should have posted exposure details before...
This image is a mosaic of 15 separate and slightly overlapping 8.2 megapixel images from my Canon EOS-20D (unmodified), taken in Raw mode and converted and stitched together in Photoshop CS2. As you can see from the EXIF data, the exposures were each 1/5 second at ISO 100.
Though the moon is generally made of gray, dusty material it is very bright, photographically, since it is bathed in sunlight.
I mounted my 20D to my Meade LX200 GPS UHTC 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope via my 2x Televue Powermate (a focal length doubler, similar to a teleconverter, which also serves to mate my camera to the 2" telescope eyepiece tube). Effective focal length was 5000mm f/20.
Looking through the viewfinder I swept across the surface in a zig-zag fashion, trying for about 1/3 overlap between frames. I triggered the shutter with my TC80-N3 remote timer/controller. I did the stitching by hand in Photoshop.
Since it is tremendously downsized from the original mosaic, which was almost 40 megapixels, and was taken at the camera's most noise-free setting (ISO 100), the data is very accurate, and thus I was able to strongly increase the saturation via Photoshop's Image - Adjust - Hue/Saturation function.
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 aloneworld'nother day, 'nother goofPremium
join:2003-05-13
HHV, NY
1 edit | reply to NoelC
I hope you sent that picture to the Nasa site! |
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 JAAuldeWeb DeveloperPremium,MVM
join:2001-05-09
Hagerstown, MD
kudos:3 | reply to NoelC
Fantastic. Simply fantastic! |
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 cb4492
join:2002-10-09
Westminster, MD | reply to NoelC
I am honored to have the privilege of being able view your work Mr.Carboni. Absolutely amazing stuff. |
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 dandelionPremium,MVM
join:2003-04-29
Germantown, TN
kudos:4 | reply to NoelC
Very beautiful! Thanks for posting it! |
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 MrFixitCTpay it forwardPremium,VIP,ExMod 2001-06
join:2000-12-01
Charleston, SC | reply to NoelC
Gorgeous Image! |
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 MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | reply to NoelC
absolutely stunning. GREAT work. |
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