Re: [APML] Couple of Wide-Angle shots on Konica Centuria 400

[Chris Schur <comets133@yahoo.com>]

Jason, while the M8 - M24 shot is really great, the
Rho shot is quite lumpy looking from I suppose the
smoothing of your scanners noise.  Id try this one
again on another scanner, that image is going to be
very good.

Chris
--- "Lane, Jason R" <jason.lane@navy.mil> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I've been working on Rho Ophiuchus region for a
> couple of months now, trying to get a decent shot of
> it.  Two rolls of Centuria and a resolved slipping
> piggy-back mount later, I finally got a couple of
> decent exposures that I was able to play with.  When
> I took these shots, a couple was camped at the site.
>  They were apparently mule-riding the Pacific Crest
> Trail, and their mules were allowed to roam free at
> night (one had a cow bell on).  The mules were
> pretty interested in what I was doing, and wanted to
> discuss.  Nothing like "hee-haw's" from 20 ft. away
> all night long to keep you awake.  They seemed to
> always want to use the restroom upwind from me, too.
> 
> Anyways, I wanted to share my latest results.  I
> don't mention it in the photo details, but these
> were taken at Walker Pass Campsite, between
> Ridgecrest and Lake Isabella, CA.  It's a beautiful
> site.  Magnitude 6.5+ skies in the general area of
> Rho Ophiuchus (a handful of degrees above the
> mountain tops).
> 
>
http://www1.iwvisp.com/opticman/astroimages/Rho_Oph.html
> 
> As an afterthought, I swung over and took this shot
> of the area from Lagoon up to M24:
> 
>
http://www1.iwvisp.com/opticman/astroimages/sagwide.html
> 
> My scanner has been having fits lately...it was a
> tough time trying to get rid of the noise.  I tried
> out SGBNR to get rid of it, and the mottling that's
> left may be film grain.  Film has good response like
> we've been seeing, but this batch seemed a little
> too red to me.
> 
> I hope you enjoy, and thoughts and comments are
> appreciated!
> 
> -Jason
> 
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