The Moon & Mars

[Roger]

With some post processing/image merging to add Mars into the shot, since it wouldn't expose Mars to get the right exposure for the Moon, and to get Mars means overexposing the Moon.

<img src="http://www.themeparkphotos.us/cpg140/albums/uploads/121307/G/IMG_0733a.JPG" />

 

[Craig]

Very nice Roger! That was neat to see Mars and the Moon pretty much next to each other all night.

On a certain D80 forum, a few guys posted photos from the other night. One guy even had Mars red and claimed it was straight out of the camera. That was kind of hard to believe.
your post pretty much confirms my feelings were right.

 

[Roger]

There was a time when Mars was red; in fact my son swears he saw it as red. I'm sure if if I played with the channels in RAW I could do that, but...I saw white, so I'll keep it white.

Besides, D80? Everyone knows you need a CMOS sensor for astrophotography. So Canon or D3/D300 or Sony A700/Pro.

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Nicely Done Roger. I like this shot very much, even if it is stitched together. It looks just as it did in the sky to me.

 

[Dan]

I'm willing to believe that Mars could still come out looking red. My guess is the tendency in digital photography would be to overexpose Mars a bit, so it'd end up looking white since the red channel was clipped. Overexpose anything and it'll end up looking white eventually.

Whether you could get both Mars and the moon in one shot and still have it looking red is another topic altogether, though.