The Moon again

Hi,
I know the Moon has been taken many times before, but I tried these last night (first clear night in ages) and interested in any comments you may have.
K10D, Sigma 50-500mm at 500mm, f16, 1/180th.
[IMG]http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr132/tomkeet/MoonSigmaf16180th.jpg[/IMG]
K10D, MTO MC 1000mm, f10, 1/90th.
[IMG]http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr132/tomkeet/MoonMTO1000f1090th.jpg[/IMG]
Thanks for looking.

I prefer the MC 1000mm shot. i don't know if it's the colour change but i think you can see more detail. just thinking, have you cropped the Sigma shot to get the same size image.

Hi, the only editing is in PSE with cropping to both shots, also the Sigma had a skylight filter on.

The first shot is distinctly sharper and colour more like what you see using a reasonable astronomical scope in my experience.
bb2

Thanks for your comments, just had to try a shot usually covered in cloud lately!

I prefer number 1 also. I think 2 is suffering from motion blur/camera shake. Both of them would benefit from squeezing up the levels to increase the contrast. This will help sharpen it and remove the noise in the 'black'

Thanks Darkmunk, both shots were taken using tripod, gimbal and cable remote and are as shot. Saying that the MTO is a bit of a beast especially at 1/90th!