Not ID-ed? All a bit soft. Perhaps too much atmospheric haze. What was the shutter speed? Paul
> On Aug 9, 2025, at 6:12 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I got home from dancing tonight I noticed that the sky was unusually > clear, so I set up my tripod in the back yard, aimed at the most consistent > telephoto test subject at my disposal, i.e. the moon, and took photos with > the K3-III, mounted on the Bigma 50-500, DFA 150-450, and FA 250-600. I then > used lightroom to set them all at the same exposure (they were all bracketed) > cropped them all square to the diameter of the moon, selected the best two of > each lens, then also made virtual copies that I then applied lightroom's > denoise software. I then published them all to flickr at 1024 pixels, down > from 1085, 1215, and 1462. > > There were some inconsistencies, so my technique has some problems. I also > had some issues with SR vibrating things. > > I was a bit surprised at how much weaker the bigma was than the other two. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720328241235 > __ > Larry Colen from Lothlorien > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

