Eclipsed Moon

**Richard Lovison** · 02-10-2011, 08:06 AM

The original image was taken on February 20th, 2008 during a lunar eclipse. I tried different effects though I thought Fractalius worked the best. A bi-polar filter was added to saturate and boost the color after blending the frac layer with the original.

The original image was taken with an Olympus E-1 coupled to a Takahashi FC60 refractor telescope (1000mm 35mm equivalent) mounted on a tripod. At 1 sec, f8, ISO 200, the exposure was technically 1/2 sec too long to be done on a tripod without motorized tracking though the image only suffered slightly in sharpness.

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Brendan Dozier · 02-10-2011, 10:54 AM

Very cool Richard, the fract and polarizer filter were a good combination. Looks like the moon has been transformed into a new planet. Nicely done!

**denise ippolito** · 02-10-2011, 02:23 PM

Very OOTB thinking! Love the Fractalius work and the simplistic look to the image. I'm wondering if it would look nice w/ a little off the top.

**Ken Childs** · 02-10-2011, 06:20 PM

Hey Richard, this is some nice work with the frac plug-in. It looks like you combined the Moon and Mars.

I agree with Denise about cropping from the top. That would get the Moon closer to a ROT position.

**Kerry Perkins** · 02-10-2011, 06:21 PM

Nice work Richard, it looks like Mars! I understand the mechanics of astrophotography and you did really well at this exposure. Nicely done!

**Richard Lovison** · 02-10-2011, 06:54 PM

Thanks everyone for your kind words and suggestion. Here's a re-post with the suggested crop.

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**Kerry Perkins** · 02-10-2011, 09:59 PM

Richard, I think the repost is a stronger composition. Good show!

**Steve Adkins** · 02-10-2011, 10:51 PM

Wonderful effect and super repost, Richard. Finally, Fractalius has made it into space!

**Paul Lagasi** · 02-11-2011, 05:40 AM

Very good idea, the frac effect on the moon really is neat...well done

**Andrew McLachlan** · 02-11-2011, 09:58 AM

Very nice Richard, love the fract effect on the moon!

**Christopher Miller** · 02-11-2011, 04:29 PM

Very nice work, Richard! The frac effect is perfect, and the repost definitely strengthens the composition. Well done!

**Cheryl Slechta** · 02-12-2011, 08:52 PM

Really well done, Richard.

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