As a follow up top my earlier post of my astrophotos: I had a few more tries at ISS passes since then. I used a slightly longer exposure time, to pick up the solar panels - which means the brightest part of the image has streaked, but a shorter exposure gives me only the bright core part. With my knowledge and the equipment I've currently got, and my position in Scotland where I never get a pass closer than 640 km, this may well be as good as I'll be able to get it - I'm no Thierry Legault. So I've put together a collection of the best of what I've been able to get - I can at least say I've been able to capture the 'H' shape, and differentiate the centre of the station from the big solar panels:
I've also had another go at the Moon - I've turned the colour saturation up, and the very pale colours I'm getting are roughly in line with the expected colour-tints of the rocks - bluer and lighter yellow tones (you can see it done really well here APOD: 2006 February 16 - The Color of the Moon ) :
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