Re: [APML] Survived AstroImage 2002

["westergren" <westergren@netzero.net>]

To APML,
I want to second all that Robert has to say about the AstroImage 2002
conference.  it was extremely well run and most interesting for anyone
interested in astrophotography of any kind.

It was a real pleasure for me to meet and talk with Robert. To Robert:  Your
talk on Saturday was just fine, even with your sleep depravation.  Honestly,
there was so much going on that everyone there had sleep depravation - there
was no time to sleep (hey, we all do our things at night anyway).

I want to let the APML know that Ron Wodaski has a most innovative approach
to image processing using curves in PhotoShop. He really makes it simple,
and easy to understand.  I don't think it's in his book yet, but I hope you
all will get a chance to learn his techniques soon.  He looks at the image
as a series of zones, and deals with the darker noise and dim areas first.
It makes so much sense when he demonstrates it.  It is also very safe,
because the process identifies noise from signal before cutting any data out
of the image.

Don

From: "Robert Reeves" <reeves10@swbell.net>


> Hi all,
>
> I got back to Texas last night from the AstroImage 2002 conference held at
> UC in Irvine.  What a blast!  That place was great!
>
> As far as I know, I didn't say one dirty word during the webcast of the
> program.  I was fine Friday night, but my Saturday talk was done with jet
> lag and sleep deprivation to the max.  Hey Paul, how did it look up at
> Whitewater?  It was quite a production to broadcast that.  Liam Kennedy,
the
> president of Orange County Astronomers, and his wife, were both busier
than
> one-armed wallpaper hangars keeping the stream on-line.  It turns out the
> webcast was being sent to a server Huntsville, Alabama, where it was then
> sent to the various recipients.  It was quite a production in order to
> maintain the bandwidth to the recipients.  I was impressed.
>
> Mat BenDaniel, Tony Hallas, and Rob Gendler all had their work displayed
by
> Imelda Joson from Sky & Tel during her presentation.
>
> I got to put real faces on film astrophotography people I have known by
long
> distance, such as Don Westergren from here on the list, Lee Coombs, and
Bill
> Fletcher.  Sally didn't make it to the conference.  Of course, there were
> plenty of CCD guys there too.  I roomed with Ron Wodaski, the CCD guru.  I
> was really great to find out that those Dark Side guys are as whacked in
the
> head as we film guys are <G>.  It was also fun to meet up with Canadians
> Jack Newton and Peter Cerovolo again for dinner on Saturday night.
>
> In a way, I regret going to the conference because I wandered into the
> vendor's and sponsor's room at the conference.  Now I have a great lust in
> my pocketbook for a copy of Main Sequence software (they sold out at the
> show!) and Borg f/2.8 astrograph for the Pentax medium format camera.
God!
> I'm in love with that instrument.  You folks go out and buy a copy of my
> book so I can get one of these <G>!!
>
> Anyway, I can't say enough about how great a job the Orange County
> Astronomers did on AstroImage 2002.  It was 1st class all they way.
> Chairman Garth Buckles got the face time in front of the crowd as M.C.,
but
> list member Dave Kodama, as well as Darren Thibodeau, Greg Pyros, Pat
> Stoker, Bill Patterson, Liam Kennedy, and Stephen Eubanks were all
> instrumental in pulling off the conference.  Thanks guys!
>
> In the next few days as my school schedule allows, I will post some
> conference pictures on my web site.
>
> Robert Reeves                      reeves10@swbell.net
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> San Antonio, Texas 78209    210-828-9036
> USA                                     29.484  98.440  200 meters
>
>
>
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