Full Moon and Seeing Stars - This can't be real..

Jim Radcliffe wrote:

I revisited all the shots and have determined that the "stars" are, in fact, the result of being to heavy handed with the clarity adjustment.

I used spot metering on the moon itself and had some -EV dialed in. This resullted in under exposure and when I made the compensation in Lightroom this brought out some sensor noise and the clarity adjustment amplified this creating what appeared to be stars. Lesson learned... check the -EV before you shoot the moon.

So, it's not dust... it is operator error and over-processing in Lightroom (which I am new to) and still learning.
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Jim Radcliffe
http://www.boxedlight.com
Blog: http://boxedlight.com/blog

The ability to 'see' the shot is more important than the gear used to capture it.