Mineral Moon Poster
This photo is printed on enhanced matte paper poster
My 450GB photo of a Mineral Moon! This is my biggest and most advanced moon mosaic project yet. This photo was made from 8 different frames and thousands upon thousands of stacked photos per frame. I am so proud of myself for being able to capture this! I feel really accomplished with this one. My original supermoon photo took 9 hours to process and capturing this Mineral Moon took an additional 4 hours on top of that. This has been a CRAZY amount of work, and I hope someone can appreciate these as much as I do! 🌕
I re-processed my data from the October supermoon to enhance the subtle color variations caused by the moon's minerals. I’ve always wanted to do this and I am absolutely SHOCKED by the details and colors I was able to pick up. I’m really glad I saved all of my original un-processed data from my supermoon session! That’s what allowed me to have another go with this one.
The full resolution files are available on my website as posters! My original supermoon photos are available as well if anybody wants one! 🫶
These colors are very subtle even when captured with a high quality camera. To capture a photo like this you have to enhance the vibrance and saturation levels of the hidden minerals. You can enhance these colors many times in different layers, making them brighter and brighter each time. These colors vary in hues based off of many factors - including the position of the moon and the earths atmosphere.
The moon's surface is made up of many minerals, including iron oxide, titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, and calcium oxide. The moon's dark regions, called mare, are rich in iron oxide, which absorbs visible light and makes them appear dark. Some other regions also contain high concentrations of titanium oxide, which makes the rocks even darker and shifts the color from red to blue.
Equipment used:
- Telescope: Celestron NexStar 130SLT
- Camera: ZWO ASI585MC
- Lens: 2x Televue Barlow
- Filter: UV/ IR Cut Filter
Software:
- Stacking: Autostakkert 3
- Color Calibration: Siril
- Sharpening: AstroSurface 3
- Colors/ Composition/ Cropping: Photoshop
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
I re-processed my data from the October supermoon to enhance the subtle color variations caused by the moon's minerals. I’ve always wanted to do this and I am absolutely SHOCKED by the details and colors I was able to pick up. I’m really glad I saved all of my original un-processed data from my supermoon session! That’s what allowed me to have another go with this one.
The full resolution files are available on my website as posters! My original supermoon photos are available as well if anybody wants one! 🫶
These colors are very subtle even when captured with a high quality camera. To capture a photo like this you have to enhance the vibrance and saturation levels of the hidden minerals. You can enhance these colors many times in different layers, making them brighter and brighter each time. These colors vary in hues based off of many factors - including the position of the moon and the earths atmosphere.
The moon's surface is made up of many minerals, including iron oxide, titanium dioxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, and calcium oxide. The moon's dark regions, called mare, are rich in iron oxide, which absorbs visible light and makes them appear dark. Some other regions also contain high concentrations of titanium oxide, which makes the rocks even darker and shifts the color from red to blue.
Equipment used:
- Telescope: Celestron NexStar 130SLT
- Camera: ZWO ASI585MC
- Lens: 2x Televue Barlow
- Filter: UV/ IR Cut Filter
Software:
- Stacking: Autostakkert 3
- Color Calibration: Siril
- Sharpening: AstroSurface 3
- Colors/ Composition/ Cropping: Photoshop
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
Mineral Moon Poster
Sale price$25.00
