Re: [APML] First attempt NGC 7000

[Stuart Heggie <stuart.j.heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Frank, I think it looks great! The E200 really pulls the red in. 105 
minutes at F4 on 200 ASA film is probably the least exposure this object 
could take. Given your obvious skill combining images - going after that 
45min shot you had to abandon would be worth it.

By the way, what do you mean by "resized using nearest neighbor"?

Stuart

Frank Barrett wrote:

>I had the chance to get to some dark skies and decided to try some piggy
>back.  I chose the North America Nebula as my target.  The lens was a
>135mm Takumar at f/4.  I shot twice at 30 minutes and twice at 45 minutes,
>but one of the 45 min shots was ruined as I inadvertently unplugged the
>dew heater between exposures and the lens fogged up on me.  Here's the
>processing:
>
>1) scanned with Minolt Dimage Dual Scan II saved as 16 bit TIFF
>2) rough levels and curves in PS also saved as TIFF
>3) Three images brought into Picture Window Pro and registered
>4) Brought back into PS, stacked and final curves and color tweaks, saved
>as psd.
>5) Image flattened and resized using nearest neighbor and saved off as JPEG.
>
>http://www.celestialwonders.com/NorthAmericaNebula.html
>
>I really fussed over the background color on this one.  How do you think I
>did?  I definitely think I could have gone longer on this...there's
>nothing like dark skies!
>
>Frank
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