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1 / 14 - Capturing
The Moon is captured in video using a telescope and a 5x Barlow to create over 8000mm of focal length The weather and atmospheric conditions can play a major role here (2 short snippets from full videos)
2 / 14 - Stacking
( Left ) A single frame taken from the video, some features can be made out but it’s still very hazy mainly due to the atmosphere ( Right ) The best 895 frames in quality stacked together and then sharpened
3 / 14 - Adjustments
The sharpened frame is then adjusted to achieve the desired contrast and brightness this can vary depending on what the piece is trying to convey
4 / 14 - Stacking
The same process but with a different panel of the Moon A single frame on the left and the best 1044 frames stacked together and then sharpened
5 / 14 - Crater Size
To give some context this crater “Atlas” measures 87km in diameter and 2km deep Meaning just under 2 entire Singapore’s could fit inside this single crater
6 / 14 - Stats
In total 17 different videos were captured resulting in 118,920 individual photos / 300gb which were all processed over multiple nights
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7 / 14 - Moon Puzzle
So we now have 17 panels of the Moon all processed and sharpened The next step is to piece these panels together like a puzzle - a Moon mosaic
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8 / 14 - Moon Puzzle
This section of the Moon may appear to just look like a single photograph However it’s actually created by slotting together 5 sharpened panels These 5 panels were created from 4760 individual photos themselves
9 / 14 - Aligning
Once all of these panels are manually aligned together the crescent Moon is formed A full Moon is then merged to give the effect of a complete round Moon
10 / 14 - Background
The background is created from a glow layer, this is just a longer exposure ( around 1 sec ) photograph of the moon captured just with a camera and telephoto lens The colour was then made more blue for this particular piece
11 / 14 - Mars
Mars is a similar process but only 1 panel is needed due to how far away it is The only difference is a lot more frames are needed to bring out any details
12 / 14 - Martian Features
On the left side of Mars one of the two permanent ice caps can be seen The darker black regions are because of mafic rocks like basalt ( NASA Imagery on right )
13 / 14 - Stars
A star layer is added on top to give a more realistic look as well as creating extra depth This is just a regular photograph taken with a camera and telephoto lens
14 / 14 - Combine
Combine all of these processes + images together to create this final composite lunar photograph "Lunar Radiance"
