Re: [APML] Cygnus in H-a (105mm)

["Stuart Heggie" <Stuart.J.Heggie@sympatico.ca>]

Brian, I love that shot! Hand guided to boot - nice one!

Stuart
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian larmay" <power_windows4789@yahoo.com>
To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: [APML] Cygnus in H-a (105mm)


> Hi...
>
> I decided after my motor drive kicked the bucket, i
> would try the primitive way of astrophotgraphy by hand
> guiding my exposures.
>
> I actually had better results using my hand then my
> old motor drive.
> This is nothing I want to continue doing, but when you
> have clear skies, and an ounce of motivation, you can
> accomplish much!
>
> I used my 105mm this time, daring to go beyond what i
> usually use, which is my 50mm lens.
>
> The lens, "wide open", was equipped with a lumicon H-a
> filter, and exposure was 20 mins for each frame.
> I stacked both exposures in picture window.
>
> In Photoshop, i decided to use the minimum filter to
> bring out the nebula in the back ground also dimming
> the stars out.
> After that I could bring up the levels a bit without
> too much burning.
> This is all i could do with the image as there was
> almost a full moon last night, which I had to use
> about 4 gradiants to balance the glare out.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/brianlarmay/image/47839654/original
>
> comments welcome,
> Brian
>
> Cat: I'm so handsome, there's a six-month waiting list for birds to
suddenly appear whenever I am near!
>
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