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Steve Ballard
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ETX-60 novice new
      #3196453 - 07/03/09 04:47 AM
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I submitted this in the July Beginning Imaging Challenge but thought I would
share it here as well.

ETX-60 with 15mm Plossl
And a Sony H9 digital with attachment rings.
1/80sec. f4, ISO 400, manual focus to infinity.
Sea of Tranquility

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Re: ETX-60 novice new [Re: Steve Ballard]
      #3196520 - 07/03/09 06:46 AM
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Nice image Steve. Thanks for sharing.

Peter.

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Re: ETX-60 novice new [Re: Steve Ballard]
      #3197500 - 07/03/09 06:00 PM
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Excellent result You may like to try 'channel splitting' via Photoshop or PaintshopPro etc in mono RGB - the R or G channel is usually sharper that the blue channel which tend to soften full colour images somewhat

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Steve Ballard
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Re: ETX-60 novice [Re: nytecam]
      #3197560 - 07/03/09 06:50 PM
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Thanks for the nice replies, and RGB tip. I did a histogram adjust with PSP
and lowered the color levels. But I didn't think of the split.
So many stars, so little time. I'm trying to get up the courage to throw
a WMV / AVI of this scene at Registack but have never used it yet.
I don't know if Registack accepts AVI's, or how to select certain "frames".

I'll jump in before winter gets here. Thanks again.

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