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| Moon and clouds |
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| Photographer: © Lynne Lancaster | Step one: I borrowed a mate's baby 10cm Newtonian reflector and waited for a clear night with a full moon - got one on 6th October, 2006. Step two: Bought an adaptor so I could mount my Canon 350D at the business end of the 'scope. Step three: Had fun experimenting with exposure because the automatic focus likes telescopes as much as it likes non-manufacturer's extension rings, which is not at all. Step four: Downloaded the images and then began tearing my hair out because atmospheric heat haze messed up any chance of a single image being crisp. Step five: Went away and sulked for two weeks. Step six: Took another look at the images - began playing around with them. Step seven: selected the best moon image, removed it from it's too bright background and began to improve detail, first with an overlay and then correcting levels, shadows and highlights. At less than 100% it looked almost okay. Step eight: Took the most dramatic (previously shot and unused) cloud image in my portfolio and gave it the same treatment, Step nine: Made a compilation image, touching up highlights, mid tones and lowlights with dodge and burn tool until I was satisfied with the result. Step ten: Posted the image (on SXC) and chewed my nails for two days wondering if the atmospheric heat haze blurring the moon or the skewed cloud lighting (from sunlight) would be it's nemesis. Or the fact that it obviously wasn't a naturally produced result. It was accepted. People liked it. Photoshop saved the day! |
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