From: "Mark Gaffney" <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: March 10, 2008 10:24:55 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Pink Moon..


--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@...> wrote:


Hi Mark;


On 10-Mar-08, at 5:49 PM, Mark Gaffney wrote:


What would be causing the pinkish tinge in my "pink moon" shot when  

opened in the

"Process Image" window?


Without knowing what settings you used and which version of Astro  

IIDC this is (3 or 4?) it's hard to say. For example, cranking  

saturation up will cause very subtle shades to be strongly intensified.


The movie it`s taken from has a light blue tinge (taken at 8 am in

the morning). I`ve been complimented on this effect particularly by  

female members of the

family! This shot is I think not quite oriented correctly, as I  

inverted vertically as well as L-R

for  my other scope (a 10 inch reflector) and forgot to change the  

vertical inversion back for

my 4 inch refractor when taking it. I`m not yet savvy to lunar  

features so can`t really tell!

There was also an unfortunate blemish on the secondary mirror. Why  

are my shots with the

10 inch brownish and your`s are blue, Milton?


Umm, I'm not sure what image your talking about of mine that are bluish?


My lunar images generally are more colorful because I use the  

saturation control to strongly emphasize the faint color differences.


Does this have to do with time of night or can

it be altered with the "Pick Colour" and "Colour Balance" selections?


I just move the Blue and Red sliders around until you get a  

reasonable color balancing. To my eyes, the moon is sort of a neutral  

dingy brown when unsaturated.


HTH..


Milton Aupperle


I was talking in particular about a recent shot of "Mare Humboldtianum" 20080222 taken 

with a Flea 2 camera and some older ones both called "Luna Enhanced"- 20050216 and 

20050419. In the latter 2 the colour ranges from brownish at the top to light blue in the 

middle and bottom of the image. My pictures are version 3 ones which I`ve posted in the 

"Photos" section of the group site in a folder called "Finally the Moon".Mark Gaffney.