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Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 22/04/2010 - 09:20
Wonderful images.
So annoyed at not having a camera adapter for a large Russian telescope that I have.
Will be asking you for advice on that point.
Best regards
I'll try to answer
Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 21/04/2010 - 16:57
It could be you were picking up on the ash.
Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 21/04/2010 - 08:34
I get confused with how to define a crop, so here's the image straight off the camera, just resized for the forum.
[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/original.jpg[/IMG]
Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 20/04/2010 - 21:23
Still, excuses done
What do you think?
[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/moon17_04_10upload.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i296/Father_Ted/PHOTOS/moon17_04_10-2upload.jpg[/IMG]
The orientation is different as a result of the eyepiece lenses I used.
Comment by Father Ted posted on 3 day old moon at 20/04/2010 - 20:20
Comment by Father Ted posted on Another pointless thread at 20/04/2010 - 16:57
But number two!! I like that very much.
I like the contrast/ mono conversion. The composition is, IMHO, very nice, with enough going to to make me look further.
Yep, I like number two a lot.
Comment by Father Ted posted on A couple more from the Seine. at 16/04/2010 - 19:07
Comment by Father Ted posted on Help: Pentax ME Super user manual at 14/04/2010 - 09:08
I like the second version, except for the clouds. I think I'd use the original in the sky and only add contrast to the buildings and foreground.
But as this shows, it's all down to personal taste.
Comment by Father Ted posted on Sunday morning by the Seine at 13/04/2010 - 14:24
The composition I like, but the clouds top right look a little burnt to me and a bit more contrast overall would be nice.
But, yes! Nice image.
Comment by Father Ted posted on Sunday morning by the Seine at 13/04/2010 - 09:43


Just need to extract the telescope from the loft to get the eyepiece dimensions and then find out what I need.
Regards
You'll need as a minimum, one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-camera-T-ring-T-ring-for-telescope-adapters_W0QQite...
That will allow you to use the telescope as a massive lens, straight on the front of the camera. That works well for the moon.
You could also add one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-25-T-Mount-M42-mount-Combination-Adaptor_W0QQitemZ220534...
This will allow you to fit eyepieces before the camera for extra magnification, but focusing becomes much harder. Hence the second image above
HTH