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Gassendi between shadow and light, MAILLARD

Gassendi between shadow and light

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Gassendi between shadow and light, MAILLARD

Gassendi between shadow and light

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Three days after the first quarter, thanks to its proximity to the terminator, this famous walled plain Gassendi reveals all its geological richness with an arena traversed by many grooves, and housing hills and central mountains (you can see their shadows in the enclosure).

If they give a great dramatic intensity to the image, these strong contrasts of brightness complicate the search for a good chromatic balance and the treatment is very delicate.

Technically, it is the compilation of two videos of about 8000 images each. I made a severe selection of the best raw images with AS, to keep in the final "only" 280 /16000 images of a quality around 85%.

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Gassendi between shadow and light, MAILLARD