![]() ![]() I’m assuming you know how to use adjustment layers in Photoshop. Now, export that file at FULL RESOLUTION as a TIFF. That’s pretty nice, right? Oh, but we aren’t finished. So many things.īut again, this is about getting color, and I get off track easily, so not going to discuss anything else more. Or, other things we won’t discuss here, because who knows what the image looked like out of your camera. If it looks like absolute crap, it’s likely because your ISO was too high, or your color temperature isn’t quite right. Saturation is at 100 and vibrance is at 80. So, see where my saturation sliders are? Up there. If you shoot a low enough ISO, which you should for the moon (re: the LOWEST), then you can slam the saturation up there without adding much, if any noise. As is color, I suppose, but that’s not the point. I’ve done a few other things to this image, like sharpening, noise reduction, clarity, etc., but we are talking specifically about color in this post. In the end it could have been a little warmer, but as long as your whites (the brightest parts) are white, you’re close! 3. It was a little hot as shot, so I cooled it down. For this image, I set the color temperature to 4,623, because I thought it just looked right. ![]() The color temperature used for the moon, or any night photo, is tricky, and just takes a little playing around. SO, to get that extra color, start here, with the raw. This rules out deep-sky images, as they get processed 100% in PixInsight, but that’s another story.īack to Lightroom. I use Lightroom as the first step in processing any of my photos taken as single exposures from the camera. Unless you’re also shooting raw.Īnd don’t argue with me on this. It’s nice, right? Well, not nice enough! Let’s do this. This is the image I got straight off the camera, with no modifications. So, while the RC is cooling down for another quick Moon photo tonight, I wrote a quickie blog post on how to get more color from your Moon shots. It’s there, and like any astronomical image, you just have to tease it out, slowly and carefully. I’ve recently tested out some quick Moon photography on the 12″ RC telescope (The Beast), and after putting the images out on Twitter and Instagram, I got a lot of questions from people about how I got so much color. Want to get relevant and timely night-sky photography and astrophotography tips like these, hand-picked by our team, delivered to you each week? Sign up for our weekly tips! ![]()
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