THE DARK ROOM -- Developments of the evening scene

[John Rayner]

Loved your pics Maya... Very, very cool... Thanks for the links Mikey and Maya...

here are the best 2 shots from tonight and the same shots played with in PS...

http://img270.echo.cx/img270/9363/1upload6fh.jpg

left image

Make - PENTAX Corporation
Model - PENTAX *ist DS
ExposureTime - 1/500 seconds
FNumber - 5.6000
ExposureProgram - 1 (manual control)
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
MeteringMode - 5 (multi-segment)
FocalLength - 300 mm
ColorSpace - 1 (sRGB)

and the image on the right...
Make - PENTAX Corporation
Model - PENTAX *ist DS
Software - *ist DS Ver 1.02
ExposureTime - 1/1000 seconds
FNumber - 5.6000
ExposureProgram - 1 (manual control)
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
MeteringMode - 5 (multi-segment)
FocalLength - 300 mm
ColorSpace - 1 (sRGB)

[John Rayner]

Okay, had a chance to take some really raw shots... Here is one...

http://img271.echo.cx/img271/5723/1upload4rp.jpg

[Mike S]

getting better John. needs some more detail dont you think? it looks very flat, if you know what i mean. can you email me the this raw one for me to play around with? thanks

[John Rayner]

Hi Mikey,

This is not a canon camera. I do not know if you can play with Pentax Raw files? Mine have a pef extension. This file is just under 10MB This would be a real waste of bandwidth if you could not read em...

About being flat... there is a little bit of distance between here and there... You know, distance tends to flaten things out a bit... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Mike S]

i can read them send it on my friend.

[John Rayner]

Okay.. one Raw Moon shot coming up...

Hold the slaw...

[Mike S]

Originally posted by John Rayner:
Hi Mikey,

This is not a canon camera. I do not know if you can play with Pentax Raw files? Mine have a pef extension. This file is just under 10MB This would be a real waste of bandwidth if you could not read em...

About being flat... there is a little bit of distance between here and there... You know, distance tends to flaten things out a bit... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

i guess i phrased that wrong how about lack of detail? not sure if that is correct either. look at Rians shot here again rian raw shot

i would think you should get this kind of detail with yours also. not unless you are not shooting with a telephoto lens. i am not be critical of your shots they are 100x better then mine. it is still crappy weather here guess i missed the full moon not supposed to clear up here till the begining of next week. i messed with your raw shot but i couldnt get any more detail out of than you did. look foward to more of your shots.

[John Rayner]

Mikey,

I have a 6 Meg not an 8 or bigger, I am also just using a 300MM.

Maybe Rian has a bigger or better lens. I was trying to find a doubler, a 600MM is just a litle too large, and costs too much for just a moon shot. You seen how much area, my moon actually takes up.

[Mike S]

here is what he used "300mm lens at F5.6 and a shutter of 1/500 at ISO 400" i wouldnt think 2 mp would make that much difference but i am probably wrong. the doubler shouldnt run you more than 50-70 bucks at any camera store. try ebay for a larger tetlephoto or better yet amazon.com i am hoping to have a telescope by the end of the summer. then look out sky!

[Mike S]

hey check out this link John and Maya wowser! unf@#$in unbelievable shots