Re: [APML] New TMB152, Perseid, Star Trails Images Posted

["Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

Jon -

> I hadn't even set it all up at home with the
>152 before.  M16 is probably still a bit too red-saturated now that I
>look at it again.
>http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/m24.htm
>
>http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/m16.htm


Great M24 image.  Your framing is different than most images you see.  I
like it!

M16 is too red in the highlights.


>
>And here's some new star trails from the Cimarron River near Owl Creek
>Pass.  I wasn't trying to capture Perseids - just wanted to get the
>mountains with some help from the four day old moon.  Nevertheless, by
>sheer luck a really bright one went through the frame on a couple of
>these.
>http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/precipice_perseid.htm
>
>http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/dunsinane_trails.htm
>
>http://home.datawest.net/jkolb/chimney_trails.htm
>

Nicely done but what happened to the star colors?  Especially the 100F
image?  They almost look like B&W images.......



>And, if you're thinking of
>camping out here this summer, remember that they just changed the law
>and an illegal campfire is now a felony in Colorado.

Awesome news!


Chris


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Chris Cook
Astronomical Photography
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