My first real astrophoto
Dale Ghent | May 5, 2008I took this photo of the 1st half Moon while at the April 10 HAL star party at Alpha Ridge Park, Maryland.
Although I’ve taken many photos through my telescopes, I really consider this one to be my first “real” astrophoto, having gone through the motions of equipment setup, settings selections, and a bit of post-processing in Photoshop CS3 for this one shot of the moon.
These two books - Michael Covington’s Digital SLR Astrophotography and R. Scott Ireland’s Photoshop Astronomy - lent me a big hand in teaching me what to do before and after taking a photo or series of photos of an object. I highly recommend them.
