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tut tut tut :roll:
where are the little green men?
You'll have to invest in ANOTHER new scope!

Carl it would look much better on a reall starfield back drop

Great capture Carl... well done... again!!!

Carl,

This is an excellent image. I am familiar with some of the Mars observer images in recent times, in particular from UK, Japan and France. Your image is the best I have seen for the June period. Interestingly enough, the polar cap in your image is a thin rectangle as compared to others I have seen recently, where the cap is more square shaped. I think you have resolved the cap clearer, bringing out more delicate detail. Or, you may have imaged at the time of a change in the cap where a previous storm has vanished. This is an interesting result to be monitored more frequently.

I see that Damian Peach will be speaking at WSP this year.

Keep up the good work.

Eamonn A
MPC J62
www.kingslandobservatory.com

Carl,

This is an excellent image. I am familiar with some of the Mars observer images in recent times, in particular from UK, Japan and France. Your image is the best I have seen for the June period.

:oops: Sorry :oops: Eamonn
I forgot to put in the date in when I was posting the image it was taking on 19:15:28 UT on Feb 13 the disk size of Mars was10.59 arc seconds

I see that Damian Peach will be speaking at WSP this year.

Very good he is a great addition to WSP he gives a very good lecture and a real crowed puller.

(sorry Carl in advance for butchering your image!!)

Would you consider cropping out the yards of empty black space in the image?

I find close cropped images of the planets like this:

very static.

Grand to see the detail but I think you can still see the detail fine in an
image where the composition has been thought out.

I also think centering the object on a large black background is just the same.

'Compose' just one object on a black background you say?
Well, I think Carl is heading in the right direction but I personally think
the placement of Mars is a little off for my eye in terms of its shadow.

Carls image forces the eye down to the right hand side of the planet,
first looking at the shadow then the sharp contrast of the edge.

Usually your eye sees contrast on a sphere in the 'away' direction.
(this is not a scientific term )

If it were me I'd place it around here.
I'd even go so far as to have more black background.




and here's why,



OF COURSE,
this is a VERY personal choice and everyone has their own
thinking behind and way of composing shots.
Indeed if we all did the same thing it would be very boring.