Moon & Mars from December 11

Stefan's wonderful image inspired me to post my own from that day. We also had a nice ring here, but it was too large for my camera to capture, so I tried to find an exposure setting that would capture both objects without washing out the Moon. This was shot through light cloud, so there is some haze. My focus was not quite right which caused the color fringe. Levels were applied selectively to the Moon to increase contrast and reduce it's overall brightness.

Details:
Optics - TV-85, 22mm Nagler T4
Mount - Bogen 475 Tripod/410 Head
Camera - Olympus Camedia C-4000
Crop, resize, levels, orient in MS Digital Image Suite

Thanks,
Peter

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That's a very fine image truly, Peter !!!

One quick question. How did you handle Mars not being underexposed or vice versa Moon not being overexposed?

Thanks,
Ron B[ee]