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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

#5703565 - 02/27/13 01:54 PM Attachment (24 downloads)

It was a beautiful night to observe: a transparant sky with good seeing and a Moon high in the sky. I had no difficulties to see in my little refractor (parts of) 3 rimae! With a slight different lightning (and a bigger scope) there should be more of those scratches visible.

Edited by Jef De Wit (02/28/13 06:49 AM)

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5703567 - 02/27/13 01:56 PM Attachment (18 downloads)

And a labeled version (like Frank allways does

).

Edited by Jef De Wit (02/27/13 02:34 PM)

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PeterDob
professor emeritus

Reged: 07/29/05

Loc: Carù, Italy

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5703701 - 02/27/13 03:28 PM

Oh... Wonderful, Jef! I like your contrast-rich style.

Peter

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: PeterDob]
#5704164 - 02/27/13 08:02 PM

Jef,

It looks great. Nice sketching work.
It seems you are using more gray shades than you have in the past. Is that a fair assessment?
A 3" refractor is plenty of scope for sketching the Moon.

Frank

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) [Re: frank5817]
#5704175 - 02/27/13 08:09 PM

Jef

Lot of patience to do that. Congrats.

Andre

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Uwe Pilz
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 05/16/08

Loc: Leipzig, Germany

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Andrev]
#5704578 - 02/28/13 12:22 AM

What a great skecth! A real masterpiece, thank you.

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JimPie
sage

Reged: 11/10/07

Loc: S.E.Michigan

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Uwe Pilz]
#5704926 - 02/28/13 09:04 AM

Well done Jef.

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niteskystargazer
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/05/09

Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5705523 - 02/28/13 03:05 PM

Jef,

Very good sketch of Rimae Hippalus

.

CS,KLU,

,

Tom

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: frank5817]
#5708173 - 03/02/13 04:04 AM

Thanks all for the nice comments! I think this sketch must be one of my best lunar work.

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It seems you are using more gray shades than you have in the past.

I started sketching the Moon with a white pencil (a little bit harder than a pastel pencil) but found it difficult to create the right gray scale. Now I work with different pastel pencils and it makes for me the Moon much more easy to sketch: Conté pastel 1355 n° 13 (white), n° 20 (light gray), n°33 (gray) and n°42 (dark gray). For black I use no pastel but a Conté Pierre Noire 1710 HB.

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5708498 - 03/02/13 10:32 AM

Jef,

Excellent and it is one of your best.

Frank

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JeanB
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/11/11

Loc: Montreal, Canada

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: frank5817]
#5712575 - 03/04/13 01:47 PM

Very nice Jef!

Jean

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Chopin
Canis Insanus

Reged: 02/03/05

Loc: In the doghouse.

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: JeanB]
#5713299 - 03/04/13 08:26 PM

Jef, the rilles are awesome! Very good work on the subtle shading, here.

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Chopin]
#5714151 - 03/05/13 10:38 AM

Frank, Jean & Jason: thanks!

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Aquarellia
sage

Reged: 10/27/12

Loc: Val d'Issole, Provence, France

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5715648 - 03/05/13 11:57 PM

I agree with the others. And artisticly speaking, you have a style.

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azure1961p
Postmaster

Reged: 01/17/09

Loc: USA

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: Aquarellia]
#5717439 - 03/06/13 10:37 PM

Jef,

Nice clean refined work once again. You DO have a very successful style Jef - it conveys the experience rewardingly for other moon observers.

Pete

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Some scratches on the Moon (Rimae Hippalus) new

[Re: azure1961p]
#5719816 - 03/08/13 03:04 AM

Michel & Pete, thanks!

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it conveys the experience rewardingly for other moon observers

I'm no artist at all and never practice at home... So the most important reason for my progress in moonsketching is: material! I can warmly advise the use of different white/gray pastels instead of only one white pastel pencil.

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